California mom of the year - ‘Drunken’ Parties for Teens, Gave Alcohol and Encouraged Sex

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Shannon Marie O’Connor, 51, known as the Los Gatos “party mom,” was found guilty Wednesday on most of the 63 charges against her at the Santa Clara County courthouse in San Jose.

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Shannon O’Connor, 51, was accused of buying and providing alcohol, including vodka and Fireball whiskey, for teens at the parties held at her Los Gatos home, according to prosecutors. She also allegedly handed out condoms to minors at the gatherings.

“She warned the victims not to disclose the parties, or she could go to jail,” prosecutors said.

The parties occurred between June 2020 and May 2021, during COVID’s height, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

At the end of O’Connor’s jury trial, where 20 “young adults and 41 witnesses testified,” she was found guilty on Wednesday, March 4, of felony child abuse charges, including two felony sex offenses, according to the district attorney’s office.

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According to prosecutors, at one of O’Connor’s “drunken and destructive parties” involving about five 14-year-olds on New Year’s Eve, she allegedly stood by and watched one intoxicated teenager sexually assault a minor girl in a bed.

O’Connor was accused of laughing as the assault unfolded.

During another party, prosecutors said O’Connor led a drunk teen to a 14-year-old who was intoxicated and lying on a bed, resulting in the girl’s sexual assault.

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A California woman deemed a “party mom” by prosecutors was found guilty of 48 criminal charges after she allegedly hosted “drunken” parties for teens at her home, where she encouraged them to engage in sex acts while intoxicated, according to officials.

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The majority of the teens were 14 and 15 years old and some were “too drunk to consent” to sex, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said in a Wednesday, March 4, news release.

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