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.

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