{"id":475724,"date":"2026-02-12T19:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/475724\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:43:17","slug":"tess-crosley-reunites-with-blonde-friend-packs-up-brisbane-home-after-lachie-neale-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/475724\/","title":{"rendered":"Tess Crosley reunites with blonde friend, packs up Brisbane home after Lachie Neale scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Tess Crosley has been reunited with a close blonde friend as fresh signs emerge that her life is shifting behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The mother-of-one who found herself at the centre of AFL star Lachie Neale\u2019s shock separation from wife Jules was seen on Thursday spending time with a friend in the upmarket suburb of Newstead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Crosley\u2019s three-year-old son was also with the pair as they walked outside TotalFusion gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Tess Crosley wore a burgundy activewear set and had her hair up in a pony tail, while her friend wore a baby blue set with a cap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Crosley appeared happy, bronzed and unbothered by claims she was involved in an affair with Lachie and was part of the reason Jules \u2014 her once close friend \u2014 ended her marriage to the football player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Last month speculation about the affair intensified, with a source claiming Lachie and Crosley were \u201copenly affection\u201d at the gym.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI go to Total Fusion gym where Lachie is a member, and for months he has been very affectionate&#8230;with that Tess woman,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThey did not try to hide it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Crosley\u2019s outing with her friend comes as moving boxes were spotted outside her home on Wednesday, with the married mum appearing to pack furniture into boxes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/276f3c8dc99b3c1d75c2d0e5c09cfe28daf6db99.jpg\" alt=\"Tess Crosley seen packing removal boxes and leaving a free collection container out the front of the family home. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconTess Crosley seen packing removal boxes and leaving a free collection container out the front of the family home.  Credit: PEBA\/BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">With boxes spread out across her garage, the Brisbane local appeared downcast as she sorted through belongings and cleared out her garage that she shares with husband Ben Crosley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A box of items with the words \u2018FREE\u2019 was placed outside her home, with a fake skull seen poking out the top.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/353bcc32a409aa369b5bc4f683462d8c82e1a4b7.jpg\" alt=\"A box of items with the words \u2018FREE\u2019 was placed outside her home, with a fake skull seen poking out the top.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA box of items with the words \u2018FREE\u2019 was placed outside her home, with a fake skull seen poking out the top. Credit: PEBA\/BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It is unknown if Ms Crosley and her husband are still together, however Ben claimed in January that Ms Crosley had moved out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">When approached by a reported and asked whether Ms Crosley was home or had anything to say, Ben replied with a blunt six-word statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cShe does not live here anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tess Crosley has been reunited with a close blonde friend as fresh signs emerge that her life is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[638,64,63,447,134,588],"class_list":{"0":"post-475724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-sport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475724","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=475724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}