PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island judge on Monday sentenced a former high school basketball coach to a year of probation after he spent decades asking hundreds of male student-athletes if they were “shy or not shy” before asking them to get naked so he could check their body fat.

Earlier this year, a jury found Aaron Thomas not guilty of second-degree child molestation and second-degree sexual assault in a case that scrutinized the so-called naked fat tests conducted by the once-beloved coach at North Kingstown High School. Instead, Thomas was found guilty of a lesser charge, two counts of misdemeanor battery.

Superior Court Judge Melanie Wilk Thunburg handed down the sentence Monday.

Throughout the nearly six-week trial, defense attorneys for Thomas argued the tests were wrong b

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