Ex-Cal State Bakersfield assistant to face trial in pimping case - ESPN

Kevin Mays, a former Cal State Bakersfield assistant basketball coach accused of pimping and other offenses, will face trial after a California judge ruled Wednesday that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute him.

Mays faces felony and misdemeanor criminal charges that include pimping and possession of automatic firearms, drugs and child pornography. Mays had pleaded not guilty on all charges.

Mays allegedly possessed more than 600 images of youth or child pornography and distributed obscene matter involving someone under 18 years old. A police forensic examiner testified Tuesday that 28 videos found on Mays' phone, timestamped between 2022 and 2024, depicted sexual conduct with a minor.

Judge Eric Bradshaw presided over the hearing Tuesday and Wednesday, after another judge was recused from the case for unexplained reasons. After hearing hours of testimony from various police investigators and specialists, Bradshaw stated that there is «sufficient cause to believe that the defendant committed these offenses.»

Police testified about the relationship between Mays and a woman who allegedly worked as a prostitute under his control. They and Kern County prosecutor Christine Antonios provided details about advertisements, phone and text exchanges, car rentals and other aspects of what investigators alleged was a prostitution operation covering at least three but possibly four states.

In addition, the investigators provided explicit details of child pornography they found on Mays' phone plus drugs and automatic weapons found in his car and apartment.

The investigation followed an Aug. 29 anonymous email passed on to police by another staffer at Cal State Bakersfield.

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