A day after a District Court found him not guilty of domestic assault, Patrick Graham resigned as president and CEO of Charlotte Works.

Graham, 47, was arrested in March after a female acquaintance alleged that he assaulted her during a dispute. The Charlotte Works board of directors voted to place Graham on paid administrative leave.

In a statement released Friday, Graham’s attorney, Harold Cogdell Jr., said his client had resigned as leader of the nonprofit organization that promotes workforce development in Mecklenburg County.

In court, Cogdell alleged that Graham, rather than being the aggressor, had been the “victim of multiple assaults (by his accuser) on the evening of March 22, 2018.” Cogdell also alleged in court that Graham’s 46-year-old accuser had tampered with evidence she presented in court to support her claims against Graham. In an interview with Qcitymetro, Graham said on Friday that the evidence in question was an audio recording.

Graham, who previously served as president and CEO of Urban League of Central Carolinas, said the allegations against him had taken an emotional toll.