{"id":863230,"date":"2026-08-21T13:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/863230\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:34:18","slug":"tess-crosleys-message-to-ex-ben-months-after-alleged-lachie-neale-affair-and-brisbane-lions-marriage-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/863230\/","title":{"rendered":"Tess Crosley\u2019s message to ex Ben months after alleged Lachie Neale affair and Brisbane Lions marriage scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The woman at the centre of Lachie Neale\u2019s marriage breakdown has issued a surprise birthday message to her ex.<\/p>\n

Tess Crosley married Ben Crosley in 2017, but it is believed that they split earlier this year after she was caught up in an alleged affair with Neale.<\/p>\n

In January, Ben told reporters that Tess no longer lived at their marital home in Brisbane and she was seen moving boxes in February.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, however, she posted a tribute to her ex, marking his birthday.<\/p>\n

The image posted on her Instagram story was of Ben Crosley wearing an all-black outfit with a white cap, sitting in what looked to be a waterfront restaurant.<\/p>\n

On his lap was their son, Beau, who was wearing a backwards cap topped off with a yellow party hat with streamers from the top.<\/p>\n

The child appeared to be giving his dad a kiss.<\/p>\n

The image was captioned, \u201cHappy birthday to Beau\u2019s Daddy\u201d with a sparkle emoji and she tagged Ben Crosley.<\/p>\n

It was to the tune of Justin Bieber\u2019s Everything Hallelujah.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe post was to the tune of Justin Bieber’s Everything Hallelujah. Credit: tesscrosley\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The birthday post comes after a major scandal involving the couple and Jules and Lachie Neale.<\/p>\n

After seven years of marriage, the Neale\u2019s relationship broke down at the end of last year, reportedly due to an affair.<\/p>\n

At the time, Jules \u2014 who was formerly best friends with Tess Crosley \u2014 wrote on Instagram that she had \u201cbeen betrayed in the most unimaginable way\u201d.<\/p>\n

Soon after, Lachie said the pair had separated and he stepped down from his role as Brisbane Lions\u2019 co-captain.<\/p>\n

While the infidelity was never officially confirmed, it was widely believed that Tess and Lachie had an affair.<\/p>\n

He told reporters at the time, \u201cI have let my family down, and I apologise for my actions that have let down those that are closest to me\u201d.<\/p>\n

Following the public scandal, Jules moved back to Perth with her two young kids and wiped any trace of Tess and Lachie from her social media.<\/p>\n

The birthday post comes months after an interaction between the exes in the comments of Ben\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

He shared a series of photos from a day out at Hamilton Island Golf Club with mates in April, captioned simply: \u201cClosaaah\u201d (a reference to lyrics in Justin Bieber\u2019s Coachella performance and unrelated to the affair allegations).<\/p>\n

Among the comments, Tess herself briefly appeared on the post, leaving a pinched-fingers emoji.<\/p>\n

One follower then directly questioned her about her relationship, asking: \u201cDid he forgive you? I\u2019m confused, no offence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tess replied bluntly: \u201cDon\u2019t think that\u2019s any of your business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Days later, Tess shared a longer statement to her Instagram story addressing the criticism she says she has been facing. She seemingly suggested people have been approaching her in the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make this very clear, It is never acceptable for anyone to approach a stranger in public and make derogatory comments or abuse at them especially when they are simply trying to care for their child\u2019s needs,\u201d she said on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy child does not deserve to be exposed to that kind of behaviour. No child does.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I navigate my own personal challenges, my priority remains protecting and shielding my child from unnecessary hostility and cruelty in everyday situations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The woman at the centre of Lachie Neale\u2019s marriage breakdown has issued a surprise birthday message to her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[638,64,63,134,588],"class_list":["post-863230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863230","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=863230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}