{"id":338342,"date":"2026-05-30T00:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338342\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:07:14","slug":"ex-condors-trainer-chad-drowns-child-sex-sting-trial-delayed-to-august-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338342\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Condors trainer Chad Drown\u2019s child sex sting trial delayed to August, records show"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Chad Drown, former head athletic trainer for the Bakersfield Condors, has had his trial for child sex crimes postponed until August, according to Kern County court records.<\/p>\n

Drown is accused of attempting to meet a minor for sex, according to court documents. He was arrested Oct. 11, 2022, as part of a Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office decoy operation targeting suspects who seek to sexually victimize minors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Chad Drown. Photo: Bakersfield Condors website<\/p>\n

He is charged with contacting a minor with the intent for sex and going to an arranged meeting with a minor. Drown entered a not guilty plea in Nov. 2022<\/a> and again in October 2025, court records show.<\/p>\n

A readiness hearing is set for July 31, and a pending trial is set for August 10.<\/p>\n

\"Chad<\/p>\n

Chad Drown. Photo: Bakersfield Condors website<\/p>\n

The Condors fired Drown in October 2022<\/a>, immediately after the team learned of the accusations.<\/p>\n

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Drown joined the Condors staff in 2018 after spending a season as an assistant athletic trainer with the AHL\u2019s Tucson Roadrunners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Chad Drown, former head athletic trainer for the Bakersfield Condors, has had his trial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-338342","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\/338342","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=338342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}