{"id":409487,"date":"2026-01-13T04:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409487\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:29:16","slug":"revealed-how-jules-neale-found-out-about-her-footy-star-husband-lachies-betrayal-with-best-friend-tess-crosley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/409487\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: How Jules Neale found out about her footy star husband Lachie’s ‘betrayal’ with best friend Tess Crosley"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bombshell new detail has revealed how Lachie Neale’s wife Jules discovered his “unimaginable betrayal”.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the sports star stepped down as captain of the Brisbane Lions after reports of a marriage breakdown with his wife of six years.<\/p>\n

Now, it has been revealed the AFL star was caught in a compromising position in a car with Jules’ friend Tess Crosley, Herald Sun reports.<\/p>\n

\"Magic<\/p>\n

According to the publication, the 32-year-old was discovered by a fellow Brisbane Lions WAG, who sought advice from another footy star’s partner before informing Jules, 35.<\/p>\n

Jules has since returned to her home in Perth with her children, Piper and Freddie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former hair salon owner\u00a0took to social media in December to write that she was dealing with an “unimaginable betrayal”.<\/p>\n

“I want to make it very clear that I am not \u2018working through\u2019 anything,” Jules said in the explosive post.<\/p>\n

\"\u2018I<\/p>\n

“All I can do now is to heal and do what\u2019s best for my children.<\/p>\n

“Thank you for the love and support.”<\/p>\n

Since then, Lachie has addressed the Brisbane media and apologised for his actions, saying he is “deeply sorry for hurting those closest to him”.<\/p>\n

“I can confirm, with regret, Jules and I have now separated,” he announced.<\/p>\n

“I accept this is a consequence of my own actions, and I need to focus on rebuilding that trust with Jules, as the future wellbeing of our children remains our number one priority.<\/p>\n

“I am extremely disappointed in myself, and I have put plans in place to do the work on myself so that I can be the best version of myself moving forward.”<\/p>\n

The two-time Brownlow medallist then revealed that, while being co-captain was a “huge honour”, it was time for the club to “move forward with a fresh start”.<\/p>\n

“Given the personal matters that I am currently working through, I have made the decision to stand down as co-captain and from the leadership group effective immediately.<\/p>\n

\"Royalty<\/p>\n

“Being a captain and leader of the Lions has been a huge honour, but it’s time for the club to move forward with a fresh start.<\/p>\n

“I spoke through this with the club over the last week or two, and it was a pretty easy decision for me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bombshell new detail has revealed how Lachie Neale’s wife Jules discovered his “unimaginable betrayal”. Earlier this month,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[638,64,63,3237,213154,25875,85],"class_list":["post-409487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-jules-neale","tag-lachie-neale","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}