The partner of Motherwell FC manager Stephen Robinson criticised the police and prosecutors on Friday after he was acquitted of assaulting her.
Mr Robinson, 45, embraced Robyn Lauchlan, 28, in a court room moments after Sheriff John Cook returned not guilty verdicts on two domestic abuse charges.
The coach spent two days standing trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on allegations he assaulted Miss Lauchlan outside Edinburgh's Christmas market on December 13.
Witnesses told the court how they saw Mr Robinson acting aggressively by grabbing Miss Lauchlan and shouting at her.
Miss Lauchlan told the court that there had been a misunderstanding and that Mr Robinson had been comforting her.
Speaking outside court on Friday, Miss Lauchlan criticised prosecutors for proceeding with the case.
She said: 'Today, for the first time in almost 12 torturous weeks, the system has listened to us.
'The facts have finally been heard. In no shape or form have I ever been a victim of domestic abuse.
'At no stage did Stephen push, shove or frighten me. He did not do the things he was accused of.
'But it has taken until today for anyone to listen to these facts. It has taken us going to court to be heard.'
Miss Lauchlan added: 'The authorities have wasted their time on this, when there are people out there who really need this law and the protection it provides. Others should not suffer in the way that we have.
'This has been made clear to the authorities from the very start. But I was not interviewed by the Police at any point. Why?
'I was never approached by the Crown Office at any stage to give my version of events. Why?
'We will be taking the matter further to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.'
The incident began when Miss Lauchlan became upset after a man in a pub in Edinburgh's New Town told her to 'shut the f*** up in a pub in Edinburgh's New Town over a golfing gift she had given Mr Robinson.
Mr Robinson was then said to have seized her head and pinned her to a fence after she complained he had not stuck up for her with the stranger.
Two police officers stopped them from boarding a train at Waverley Station and took the pair to St Leonard's Police station in Edinburgh claiming witnesses had seen Miss Lauchlan being assaulted.
But Miss Lauchlan had earlier told the court that prosecutors ignored her pleas not to charge him with assaulting her.
The 28-year-old told lawyers she repeatedly wrote to the procurator fiscal in Edinburgh asking them to drop the case against her 45-year-old lover.
But Sheriff John Cook acquitted Mr Robinson after deciding there wasn't enough evidence to return guilty verdicts.
He said: 'The witnesses told the court that they had witnessed an incident and it is to their credit that they took time out of their evening to report the matter to the police.
'Notwithstanding the views of the complainer, the Crown decided to proceed with the matter to court. That is their right.
'However, there is sufficient reasonable doubt in this case to find Mr Robinson not guilty of the charges.'
Earlier in the afternoon, defence advocate Susan Duff asked Sheriff Cook to acquit her client.
She said: 'Your lordship should acquit Stephen Robinson but a verdict of not proven would leave a stain on Stephen Robinson's character and that is a stain that should not be there.
'I'm asking your lordship to return a verdict of not guilty to show those who chant from football terraces that Stephen Robinson is not a wife beater.'
A spokesman for Motherwell Football Club also welcomed the not guilty verdicts.
He said: 'The decision is entirely in line with our expectations, having been fully aware of the circumstances from the very beginning.
'Stephen has had our unconditional support throughout and will continue to do so.'
A spokesperson for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: 'Scotland's prosecutors deal with every case on its own individual facts and circumstances and take action where they assess there is sufficient admissible evidence that a crime has been committed and it is in the public interest to do so.
'We note the decision of the Court and the presiding Sheriff's view that the case had been properly brought to Court by the Crown.'