RUSSIAN spy Anna Chapman plans to sue her ex-husband for peddling topless photos of her and spicy tidbits of their sex life.US lawyer Robert Baum said that Ms Chapman had asked him to look at whether she "could take him to court for making false statements, and the answer is yes".
In a phone conversation with Chapman's younger sister, Katya, posted on the internet by Russian Life, Mr Baum that the flame-haired secret agent had held up well during her confinement in a Manhattan prison.
"She's in good spirits," he said.
Ms Chapman's sister told Mr Baum that the spy's British ex, Alex Chapman, had been bombarding her with calls and emails trying to deny his role in releasing the photos to the media.
She said that "he's very concerned about Anna and can do what needs to be done to make her look not the way they wrote about her because he didn't say all those things".
Mr Chapman reportedly told her that he did not know where the pictures came from.
"He sold them to the press," Mr Baum said. "He made money. A lot of money."
Ms Chapman is now home, with the US and Russia having completed their spy swap.
The US Justice Department confirmed that Moscow had released four people in exchange for 10 Russian agents, including Ms Chapman.
"The United States has successfully transferred ten Russian agents to the Russian Federation and the Russian Federation has released four individuals who had been incarcerated in Russia," the department said.
"The exchange of these individuals took place in Vienna, Austria, and has been completed."
The 10 Russian spies, rounded up in an FBI swoop last month, were expelled after pleading guilty in court to acting as foreign agents, and were flown straight from New York to Vienna.
They then boarded a Russian emergencies
It was not immediately clear where the four people released by Russia - who had been accused by Moscow of acting for Western intelligence agencies - had been taken after arriving in Vienna.
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