{"id":256223,"date":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256223\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:55:11","slug":"may-15-readiness-hearing-set-for-ex-csub-assistant-coach-accused-of-trafficking-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256223\/","title":{"rendered":"May 15 readiness hearing set for ex-CSUB assistant coach, accused of trafficking woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A former California State University, Bakersfield assistant men\u2019s basketball coach accused of trafficking a woman across multiple states is scheduled to return to court for a May 15 readiness hearing, according to Kern County court records.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS REPORTING: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-man-arrested-for-trafficking-woman-across-three-states-following-anonymous-tip-kevin-mays-kern-county-california-washington-oregon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CSUB assistant coach arrested for trafficking woman across 3 states after anonymous tip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mays is accused in a case that dates back to Sept. 3, 2025, when Bakersfield police officers were notified of a pimping and pandering investigation involving Mays. The Kern County District Attorney\u2019s Office said officers worked with the Sacramento Police Department to safely locate the confidential victim and gather evidence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}Kevin Mays PHOTO: CSUB{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6104debf-6bb9-4e6a-9822-d57a866cdec8-maysphoto.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield police said an <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/anonymous-email-of-alleged-sex-trafficking-by-csub-coach-kevin-mays-leads-to-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">anonymous tip alleged a woman was being trafficked across California, Oregon and Washington by Mays<\/a>. He was later arrested.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2025, Eyewitness News obtained court documents detailing how an anonymous email sent to Rod Barnes, the former head coach of the CSUB men\u2019s basketball team, led to Mays\u2019 arrest.<\/p>\n<p>A Sacramento Police report included in the documents said the victim engaged in prostitution in Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, and locations in Oregon, and that she relied on online advertisements. The report said the victim began engaging in prostitution when she was 18. The report also said the victim identified Mays as her boyfriend for about four months.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kevin Mays in court on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/94850999-0502-4b31-a9cb-57bddd646be2-Sequence_MILLS_KEVINMAYSPRELIMDAY1AM_0001_frame_6134.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mays in court on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Mays also faces <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/csub-assistant-coach-charged-for-child-pornography-adding-to-11-existing-charges-kern-county-district-attorneys-office-bakersfield-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two felony counts of possession of child pornography, with enhancements for possessing more than 600 images,<\/a> in addition to his initial 11 charges.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, child sexual abuse material was found on Mays\u2019 iPhone on Sept. 10, 2025, during the human trafficking investigation.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/docs-csub-coachs-phone-had-child-porn-files-with-minors-as-young-as-four-years-old-kern-county-bakersfield-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DOCS: CSUB coach&#8217;s phone had child porn files with minors as young as approx. 4 years old<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Mays has pleaded not guilty to all charges. A pending trial date is set for May 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A former California State University, Bakersfield assistant men\u2019s basketball coach accused of trafficking a woman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-256223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256223","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=256223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}