Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Jules Neale has opened up about her messy marriage breakdown, revealing for the first time how she discovered her AFL star ex-husband had been unfaithful.
The mother-of-two spoke on Adelle Petropoulos’ Pretty Sure Podcast, saying news of the affair travelled through the tight-knit circle of partners at the Brisbane Lions club.
Ms Neale, 36, claimed one of the player’s wives was tasked with telling her about the infidelity.
“I found out through one of the other partners at the club,” Ms Neale said.
“It came from another partner at the club to her.
“She called my best friend at the club and said, ‘This is the information that I know, that I’ve seen, and I don’t want to have to call Jules and tell her. Can you do it? I think it would be better coming from you’.
“So my poor friend had to call me and tell me.”
Ms Neale said the revelation left her wondering how many people around the couple were clued in to what was going on.
“It’s the worst feeling in the world, because you’re like, you just question everything,” she said.
“You’re like, ‘Who knows about this? Am I the only person that doesn’t know? And does everybody else know? And did the other players know? And then did the other partners know?’
“You kind of question your trust with everything and everyone at that point.”
Ms Neale said she later spoke to other partners at the Lions and their reactions reassured her that the affair had not been widely known within the group.
Ms Neale’s tell-all interview comes eight months after the high-profile couple’s marriage breakdown exploded into the public eye.
In December, Ms Neale rejected reports the pair were “working through” relationship issues and declared she had been “betrayed in the most unimaginable way”.
Her former best friend Tess Crosley was subsequently linked to the scandal after a screenshot emerged of Ms Neale demanding she remove social media pictures featuring Lachie.
Lachie confirmed the separation in January and stepped down as Brisbane Lions co-captain, admitting he had “let my family down” and apologised for his actions.
