CSU Bakersfield coach Kevin Mays faces sex

A pimp whose sex employee allegedly marketed on social media that she was prepared to be something from “arm candy” for a celebration to a “no strings attached girlfriend” has been charged with a slew of legal costs in Kern County Superior Court.

The alleged pimp, Kevin Mays, was an assistant males’s basketball coach and former participant at Cal State Bakersfield.

Mays faces 11 costs, including pimping, possession of computerized firearms and high-capacity magazines, and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to promote. An investigation by the Bakersfield Police Department also led to separate costs citing Mays for possession of more than 600 pictures of youth or baby pornography and distribution of obscene matter involving somebody youthful than 18.

Mays, who was arrested in September 2025, is being held without bail. He has pleaded not guilty, and a preliminary listening to is scheduled for March 13 .

The case, first reported by Shwetha Surendran of ESPN, has upended the athletic division at CSU Bakersfield. Longtime basketball coach Rod Barnes and athletic director Kyle Condor have left their jobs, and Condor filed a lawsuit against the varsity alleging wrongful termination, according to court paperwork obtained by The Times.

CSU Bakersfield officers said the allegations against Mays didn’t contain a scholar. Nevertheless, the varsity shaped a commission to look at the athletic program and advocate modifications.

“When CSU Bakersfield received an anonymous report in August of 2025 that a member of our coaching staff was engaged in human trafficking, we took immediate action in notifying university police and the Bakersfield Police Department,” the varsity wrote in a assertion. “Both agencies launched investigations that resulted in an arrest within days. Shortly after, the university terminated the coach.

“But the nature of the allegations devastated our campus community. We seized the opportunity to strengthen education and prevention efforts around human trafficking. To that end, we consulted with a local human trafficking expert and offered training and education focused on awareness and prevention for our campus community.”

Police said the alleged sufferer is 23. In the commercial she posted last summer season, she said that she charged $300 for a half hour and $500 for 60 minutes. Authorities carried out a sting operation in September, arranging to meet her in a resort room that Mays rented.

In an interview with police after the operation, she referred to Mays as her boyfriend and said he paid for her journey lodging in Oregon, Washington and Nevada in addition to California.

Those places had been listed in an nameless e-mail to Barnes last fall titled “IMPORTANT MESSAGE 911 911.”

“HE IS TRAFFICKING A GIRL BY THE NAME OF [redacted],” the e-mail read, according to police data. “HE HAS BEEN TRAFFICKING THIS GIRL SINCE MAY.”

Barnes turned over the e-mail to college police, who tried to contact the sender and acquired a subsequent e-mail, according to ESPN. The tipster claimed to have recognized the alleged sufferer and Mays through earlier journey for sex work. The particular person said Mays offered himself as a skilled gambler and allegedly threatened to take away the tipster’s baby if the particular person uncovered his actions.

Mays, who was born in Queens, N.Y., attended high college at St. John’s Military Academy in Delafield, Wis., and performed at Odessa Community College in Odessa, Texas, before transferring to CSU Bakersfield forward of the 2014-2015 season.

“We are excited about signing Kevin as he fits our culture,” Barnes said of Mays at the time.

A 12 months later, as a senior ahead, Mays helped CSU Bakersfield to a 24-10 file and scored 14 factors and grabbed eight rebounds in the Roadrunners’ first-round NCAA match loss to Oklahoma. He later returned to the varsity as a player-development coordinator.

In his utility for the player-development place in 2019, Mays wrote that he was motivated by serving to gamers improve on and off the court, according to college data obtained by ESPN.

“I gained lots of experience dealing with learning to lead young men and help them navigate the Division I experience in a successful manner,” Mays wrote. “CSUB helped me tremendously, and I look forward to giving back.”

Barnes was Mays’ coach, and he employed his former participant last fall, paying him $3,000 a month. Now, Mays is in jail awaiting trial and Barnes is unemployed.

“The safety and well-being of our students and all CSU Bakersfield community members remain our highest priority,” the varsity said in its assertion. “This work is sustained every day by the dedication of our faculty, staff and students. Their commitment to one another and to our shared values strengthens the culture of care and accountability we strive to build at CSUB.”