{"id":338285,"date":"2026-05-29T23:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338285\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:29:36","slug":"reset-trial-date-set-for-ex-csu-bakersfield-coach-accused-of-trafficking-woman-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338285\/","title":{"rendered":"Reset trial date set for ex-CSU Bakersfield coach accused of trafficking woman: Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new trial date has been set for former California State University, Bakersfield assistant basketball coach Kevin Mays, who is <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\">facing multiple felony charges, including allegations that he trafficked a woman across three states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Mays was in court Friday morning, but the hearing was postponed for a week. He is due back in court on Friday, June 5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/trial-delayed-for-ex-csub-assistant-coach-kevin-mays-in-human-trafficking-case-records-court-crime-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS REPORTING: Trial delayed for ex-CSUB assistant coach Kevin Mays in human trafficking case: Records<\/a><\/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\/05\/e4544c9a-5cc8-4e5c-ba39-e2a455bd2838-Sequence_MILLS_KEVINMAYSPRELIMDAY1AM_0001_frame_9425.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mays in court on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Mays was arrested in August 2025 and <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/csub-assistant-coach-charged-with-pimping-and-pandering-faces-multiple-felony-counts-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">later charged in September 2025<\/a>. Prosecutors accuse him of trafficking a woman across California, Oregon and Washington.<\/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\/05\/6104debf-6bb9-4e6a-9822-d57a866cdec8-maysphoto.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Court records show the case has been delayed at least seven times since the charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p>Mays is charged with pimping and pandering, possession of illegal firearms \u2014 including an assault weapon \u2014 and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana for purposes of sales. Misdemeanor counts related to firearms and drug possession were also charged.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Several aggravating factors have also been alleged, including claims that the crimes involved a particularly vulnerable victim and a high degree of planning and sophistication.<\/p>\n<p>Mays pleaded not guilty on April 7, 2026, records show. He remains in custody without bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new trial date has been set for former California State University, Bakersfield assistant basketball coach Kevin Mays,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-338285","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\/338285","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=338285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}