Former North Kingstown coach Thomas to face sentencing Monday

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — This afternoon a former North Kingstown High School basketball coach will find out if he will spend time behind bars.

Aaron Thomas was the coach who performed one-on-one fat tests on his players, with some of them naked.

Thomas denied any wrongdoing, saying that it was a legitimate program aimed at giving his players a competitive advantage and that players voluntarily participated.

He was found not guilty by a jury on the most serious charges against him, of child molestation and sexual assault, but he was found guilty on two lesser charges of simple battery.

Those charges, according to Thomas’ attorney, still carry up to a year in prison time, but have no mandatory minimum jail sentence.