Tess Crosley and ex-husband Ben spotted together for first time since Lachie and Jules Neale affair saga

The woman at the centre of AFL star Lachie Neale’s split from wife Jules has been spotted in public with her ex-husband for the first time since the scandal erupted.

Tess and Ben Crosley were photographed in a quiet Queensland street during handover of their three-year-old son, with the pair refusing to even look at each other in the stone cold interaction.

The ex-best friend of Jules Neale — who deactivated her Instagram account last week — remains seated behind the wheel of her SUV as Ben escorts his child to the car.

The Neale marriage breakdown became public in late December when Jules publicly stated she had been “betrayed in the most unimaginable way”.

It prompted the AFL star and two-time Brownlow medallist to announce he was stepping down as Brisbane Lions captain.

Crosley later became revealed as the woman at the centre of the alleged affair and it later emerged she was no longer with her own husband, Ben, who has wiped photos of his time with her from social media.

She has previously hinted the public does not have all the full information of the saga, once captaining an Instagram post: “always another story.”

Neither of the Crosleys have directly addressed their marriage status, nor connection to the Neale scandal.

Ben said in January his wife no longer lived in their family home, where she was last month pictured packing up large boxes.