Former Cal State Bakersfield basketball assistant coach Kevin Mays is in jail awaiting trial amid an investigation that has led to multiple charges, including allegations that he worked as a pimp in four different states, ESPN reports. According to the outlet, the charges stem from a tip sent to then-head coach Rod Barnes in August.
A former Cal State Bakersfield athlete from 2014-16, Mays worked in a temporary coaching role with the university last summer. Bakersfield police told ESPN that Barnes received an anonymous letter from an alleged victim, claiming: “HE (Mays) IS TRAFFICKING A GIRL BY THE NAME OF [redacted] HE HAS BEEN TRAFFICKING THIS GIRL SINCE MAY.”
Barnes reportedly forwarded the note to the university’s human resources department, which led to multiple charges from university police, including felonies such as pimping, possession of automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines and possession of both methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to sell…