Former Cal Bakersfield coach gets prison for pimping, child porn convictions - ESPN

Former Cal State Bakersfield assistant basketball coach Kevin Mays was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday after accepting a plea deal earlier this month on charges of pimping, possessing youth or child pornography and drug possession while armed.

Mays, 33, had been set to face trial after a judge in March found sufficient evidence to prosecute him. Mays pleaded no-contest to the three felony charges and also will be registered for life as a sex offender.

Judge Tiffany Organ-Bowles ruled Thursday that Mays would have his sentence reduced by 660 days as credit — 330 days for good behavior and 330 for time already served in custody. The judge also ordered Mays to pay a still-undetermined amount as restitution to a confidential victim for related losses.

David Torres, Mays' attorney, told ESPN Thursday that his client took the deal to help restart his life. He added that Mays loved his time as a basketball coach at Cal State Bakersfield and was «deeply upset… that his actions besmirched the program.»

Officials at the university declined comment to ESPN.

The investigation into Mays began last year when an anonymous tipster emailed then-Cal State men's basketball coach Rod Barnes on Aug. 29, alleging that Mays had been trafficking a woman across multiple states for months.

When he was arrested in September, Mays' faced 11 felony and misdemeanor charges. He initially pleaded not guilty on all counts.

In March, Kern County prosecutor Christine Antonios and police presented details about the relationship between Mays and the woman as well as other aspects of the alleged prostitution operation that spanned across California, Oregon and Las Vegas.

Police found the woman through an online sex advertisement and ran a sting