The woman who sat down with Jules Neale in a tell-all interview, Adelle Petropoulos, revealed a new detail that “speaks volumes” about the alleged cheating scandal that rocked the AFL community in December 2025.
Jules, 33, sat down with Petropoulos on the Pretty Sure podcast to “speak her truth” about the alleged cheating scandal that allegedly involved her husband, Brisbane Lions star Lachie Neale, 33, and her best friend, Tess Crosley, 30.
Pretty Sure podcast host Adelle Petropoulos dropped a bombshell claim following her tell-all with Jules Neale. Instagram/@prettysure.pod
“Jules wanted a platform to say her version of the truth and the truth. I was honoured that she felt comfortable sitting down with me,” Petropoulos told Today Show hosts Tom Steinfort and Samantha Armytage.
In the podcast, Jules alleged Crosley and Lachie had an ongoing romantic affair for four months.
Crosley is due to give her side of the story on the Daily Mail Australia’s The Debrief podcast on Thursday afternoon. In a preview clip from her interview Crosley said she felt “betrayed” that the alleged affair was ever made public at all.
When Steinfort asked Petropoulos what she thought of Crosley’s comments, she revealed a bombshell claim.
“Interesting…what the broader public doesn’t know is that Tess caught wind of us doing the podcast, and we did this interview a couple of weeks ago,” she claimed.
“Off the back of that, she’s decided to sit down with the Daily Mail to do a rebuttal podcast,” she told Today. “I think it speaks volumes of who she really is.”
She went on to confirm that the podcast’s release did not purposely coincide with recent footage of Lachie Neale kissing his new girlfriend.
Jules alleged there was an ongoing fourth month affair going on behind her back. Instagram /@jules_neale
“Our interview has been in the works for weeks upon weeks, and it was all coincidental that it came out… I think it almost gave Jules a little more fuel to speak her version of the truth and not tiptoe around the larger scandal at hand.”
“I was very proud of her for speaking it.”
In the bombshell interview, Jules sensationally alleged her ex Lachie had been unfaithful in their marriage at least once before their December 2025 split.
“It wasn’t the first time for us, which is awful,” she said.
Tess Crosley, now going by Tess Caesar, said she felt betrayed the matter was made public at all. Instagram/@Tess.caesar
She explained that while it would appear to many that she “packed up and left with the kids” when Lachie confirmed their separation in January 2026, that wasn’t the case.
Jules claimed that she found out Lachie had been unfaithful once before after receiving “one of those awful ‘Hey girly’ DMs with receipts”.
“The worst, the worst day of my life. I didn’t leave bed for four days,” she said.
“We already had my daughter together, so I decided to stay and try to work on it. I just felt like after that I was like, ’People can make mistakes and if it was a one-off mistake… I don’t want to break up our family because of it.”
“I guess I want people to know that if you haven’t been strong enough to leave the first time, that’s OK.”
Jules and Lachie’s relationship broke down after she publicly claimed she had been “betrayed” in light of rumours about the couple’s marriage.
Lachie addressed their split in a January 2026 media address, announcing: “I have let my family down, and I apologise for my actions, which have hurt those closest to me. For that, I am deeply sorry.”
Pictured together in better times, Tess Crosley, Lachie Neale, Ben Crosley and Jules Neale. Instagram
Lachie added he had to “accept” the consequences of his actions, but was focused on rebuilding trust with Neale because of the well-being of their children.
During her Pretty Sure interview, Jules addressed their split, saying: “When I found out that this had happened, this recent thing had happened. It was immediately like, ‘We’re done, I’m done’. It was just immediately apparent that this was going to continue.”
“It wasn’t a one-off mistake and if he could do something like this after that, it’ll keep happening for the rest of my life.”
Jules said that when she left the marriage she was under the impression the betrayal was an alleged kiss, but claims she later found out it was an “ongoing four-month affair with my best friend”.