Arraignment Postponed For Ex-North Kingstown Coach Charged In 'Naked Fat Test' Case

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — Aaron Thomas, the former North Kingstown High School basketball, accused of child molestation in the "naked fat test" scandal, had his arraignment postponed until Aug. 26.

Thomas was originally scheduled to be arraigned Friday, but the court date had to be pushed back a week because of a scheduling conflict, Attorney General Peter Neronha's office told WPRI 12.

Following a joint investigation between North Kingstown police and the Attorney General's Office, Thomas, 55, was charged on July 21 with one count of second degree child molestation and one count of second degree sexual assault.

Authorities said Thomas, while employed at North Kingstown High School as a teacher and basketball coach, sexually violated two victims. The child molestation charge stemmed from Thomas engaging in sexual contact with a victim under the age of 14, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said the molestation happened between Sept. 1, 2000 and Feb. 22, 2002.

Prosecutors said the second charge stemmed from Thomas coercing his victim during the naked fat test for the purpose of "sexual arousal, gratification or stimulation." The assault happened between Sept. 1, 2019 and Feb. 22, 2020, prosecutors said.

During the investigation, interviews were conducted with more than 30 former students who attended North Kingstown High School from the early '90s through 2020, as well as teachers, coaches, administrators and medical professionals.

Under Rhode Island law, the statute of limitations for second degree sexual assault is three years, however, there is no statute of limitations for second degree child molestation.

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