Jules Neale claims ex Lachie Neale’s alleged infidelity wasn’t the first time

Jules Neale has sensationally alleged her ex Lachie Neale had been unfaithful in their marriage at least once before their December 2025 split.

In a bombshell podcast interview released on Wednesday, Jules, 33, alleged that AFL player Lachie, 33, had betrayed her trust in the time period between the birth of their daughter in 2021 and arrival of their son in 2024.

While Jules ultimately called time on the marriage in December after a recent “betrayal”, she made it clear the cracks had started much earlier.

“It wasn’t the first time for us, which is awful,” she claimed in an interview on the Pretty Sure podcast with Adelle Petropoulos.

The mum-of-two explained 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.

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“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.”

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 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”.

Tess Crosley had been at the centre of headlines amid the alleged infidelity scandal involving Lachie, and she is doing a tell-all podcast with Daily Mail’s The Debrief with Savanna Young on Thursday.

In the eight months since the split, Jules has moved interstate to be with her parents and immediate family in Perth while Lachie remains in Brisbane.

The pair are co-parenting their two children Piper, four, and Freddie, one.

“I’m figuring this out as I go like the whole co-parenting separation thing,” she said.

“I’m literally take it day by day and just figuring it out as I go and trying to do the best thing for my kids.”

A representative for Lachie Neale declined to comment when approached by nine.com.au.

Nine.com.au also contacted Tess Crosley for comment on this story.