One of Australia’s favourite sporting heroes Lachie Neale is in the news over alleged affair with wife’s married best friend, Tess Crosley.
The internet woke up confused, loud, and slightly amused when Lachie Neale’s name started trending. And no, it wasn’t because of footy stats, leadership speeches, or another captain’s performance.
This time, it was rumors. Messy ones.
The kind that spread faster than a group chat screenshot.
Social media began buzzing with claims that one of Australia’s favorite sporting heroes was allegedly spotted in a “wild position” in a car. The other person?
His wife’s married best friend, Tess Crosley, an ex-Mormon missionary.
Since then, it’s become the soap opera from which no one dare look away as every day brings a new revelation on what the superstar’s stunning wife Jules described as an ‘unimaginable betrayal’.
That betrayal was the news that Brisbane Lions captain Neale, 32, had been playing away with former Mormon missionary Tess Crosley – a glamorous married neighbour who had been one of his wife’s best friends.
The love cheats were reportedly caught in a clinch by another teammate’s partner.
It led to the spectacular collapse of Neale and Jules’s seven-year marriage.
The couple spent Christmas apart as Jules, 35, jetted more than 1,600 miles back to her hometown of Perth in Western Australia with their two young children and she has remained there ever since.
While insiders in Neale’s camp claimed the tryst was a one-off encounter, the Daily Mail learned the secret affair is alleged to have begun more than three months ago.
If nothing else, this saga proves one thing, fame doesn’t protect you from rumors. Being good at sports doesn’t stop messy stories and the internet will always choose chaos and scandals.
This is a reminder that even heroes can end up in strange headlines.
