Captain Obvious of the local police told the press the man was apparently angry at the woman for leaving him...

The 43-year-old man, who was not identified, tracked down his former girlfriend and dragged her out of a Genoa bar before pushing her into his car and taking her home.   

There, he threatened her with physical harm before forcing her to wash and iron his clothes. 

For some reason, this reminds us of the movie "Swept Away," an very dark Italian comedy about a battle of the sexes. Cabin boy and bleached blond married woman are shipwrecked, fall in love, then fall apart when the cabin boy wants her to be his subservient house wench. Maybe that's what happened here... although the original story may have said it best, however har-har it may have been:

Guess he wanted to iron out their differences.

Told you it was kinda lame.

Via Asbury Park Press.