A new twist in the Lachie Neale drama has revealed he still follows the husband of his alleged lover, Tess Crosley, on Instagram.
The AFL ace, who was co-captain of the Brisbane Lions until earlier this month, no longer follows his wife, Jules Neale, nor her former best friend Tess, but still keeps Ben Crosley on the app.
At the time of writing, the footy star, 32, also continues to follow Jules’s hairdressing page and has not deleted photos of them together.
As for the others, Jules, 35, has unfollowed Lachie and Tess, 30, but continues to follow Ben. She also follows Lachie’s father, Robbie Neale.
Tess has unfollowed Lachie and Jules, but still follows her husband. However, she has been pictured on numerous occasions not wearing her wedding ring.
Ben, on the other hand, follows all parties.
This surprising update comes after fresh details about Lachie and Tess’s alleged infidelity came to light.
According to reports, Jules discovered their alleged affair when another Brisbane WAG spotted them in a “compromising position” inside a car.
It is also claimed that Lachie and Tess’s relations had been going on for around six months, and they were “not discreet” in public or private places, a source told the Herald Sun.
Neale and Crosley have declined to comment on allegations they were having an affair.
Earlier this month, Lachie publicly confirmed his split from Jules and stepped down as co-captain of the Lions.
He has now moved out of the family home in Brisbane, while Jules has returned to Perth with their children: Piper, four, and Freddie, one.
“While I won’t go into specifics, I can say that I have let my family down and I apologise for my actions that have let down those that are closest to me. And for that I am deeply sorry,” Lachie told a press conference on January 2.
When asked directly whether he had been unfaithful to his wife, Neale responded: “No, I can’t address those rumours.”
Jules’s only comment on the marriage breakdown came last month when she told her Instagram followers that she had been “betrayed in the most unimaginable way”.
Following reports that she and Lachie were “working through” issues in their marriage, the hairdresser hit back: “I want to make it very clear that I am not ‘working through’ anything.
“I have been betrayed in the most unimaginable way.
“All I can do now is try to heal and do what’s best for my children,” she said.
She also publicly slammed Tess, branding her an “idiot” and demanding she remove photos of them together from social media.
“Take these down you idiot, you’re embarrassing yourself,” she wrote under Crosley’s now-deleted photograph of her with Jules, Lachie, and Ben at the Brisbane Lions’ AFL final celebrations.
Lachie and Jules have been married since 2018 following a whirlwind romance.
Tess, a former dental hygienist and practising Mormon, married Ben in 2017. She and the finance director share a young son named Beau.