to allegedly be working as a pimp across four states<\/a>, per ESPN. CSUB found out about the accusations via an anonymous email in August and subsequently launched an investigation that led to Mays being fired. A probe by police then led to 11 criminal and misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\nFormer Cal State Bakersfield assistant Kevin Mays. California State University, Bakersfield<\/p>\n
Mays was a recent hire \u2014 the former three-year CSUB player had only been on staff since June on a measly $3,000 per month salary.<\/p>\n
Just two months into his tenure, former CSUB head coach Rod Barnes received an email titled \u201cIMPORTANT MESSAGE 911 911.\u201d In the crux of the email, Mays was accused of \u201ctrafficking a girl since May.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFIX IT OR THE WHOLE STAFF WILL FALL,\u201d the email read.<\/p>\n
Barnes sent the email to CSUB\u2019s human resources office. It was eventually forwarded to university police, leading to the investigation.<\/p>\n
Police found the victim through a sex advertisement posted in Sacramento and ran a sting operation in September disguised as a \u201cdate.\u201d The woman said Mays was her \u201cboyfriend,\u201d and he often covered costs of hotels, rental cars and flights for her work.<\/p>\n
Mays was arrested the next day.<\/p>\n
Kevin Mays played for Rod Barnes at CSU Bakersfield before joining his staff as an assistant coach. AP<\/p>\n
Police searched his car and found multiple firearms and a large stash of drugs. They looked through his phone, finding around 600 photos of children as young as 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Through the investigation, police also discovered that the woman had been involved in a DUI charge in a car that only Mays and other CSUB staff members were allowed to operate.<\/p>\n
The ordeal resulted in Mays\u2019 charge, which included felonies such as pimping and charges for possession of automatic firearms, possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to sell and child pornography.<\/p>\n
After facing 11 charges including child pornography, Kevin Mays now awaits his trial. AP<\/p>\n
Mays pleaded not guilty to all charges. He is currently being held without bond, while investigators finish conducting follow-up interviews, Bakersfield police said.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of Mays\u2019 scandal, CSUB announced in September that Barnes and athletic director Kyle Conder had left the university as well. It\u2019s unclear whether their departures were connected to the events.<\/p>\n
CSUB senior director of strategic communications Jennifer Self did say that the school took a \u201cbroader look at (its) athletic program\u201d following Mays\u2019 arrest.<\/p>\n
Conder\u2019s termination was announced a few days after Mays\u2019 arrest, but he said in a lawsuit against CSUB that he was fired in August before the tip to Barnes. Conder stated that he was made a \u201cconvenient scapegoat\u201d due to the timing of the announcement, which made it seem like he was \u201cdirectly tied to\u201d the scandal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t tend to hear much out of Cal State Bakersfield. Its best sport might be wrestling. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2590,151,153,152,26207,4213,39643,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-205738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-bakersfield","10":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","11":"tag-bakersfield-news","12":"tag-child-pornography","13":"tag-college-basketball","14":"tag-scandals","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}