A Santa Clara County grand jury indicted 49-year-old Shannon Marie O’Connor on 63 counts, including child endangerment for selling alcohol to underage customers and encouraging and abetting sexual assault, according to the Mercury News.
According to the article, seventeen accused victims gave testimony during the grand jury session.
Who is Shannon Marie O’Connor?
A Santa Clara County grand jury indicted 49-year-old Shannon Marie O’Connor on 63 counts, including child endangerment for selling alcohol to underage customers and encouraging and abetting sexual assault, according to the Mercury News.
According to the article, seventeen claimed victims gave testimony during the grand jury session.
O’Çonnor was ordered to stay in jail without being able to post bail, although it wasn’t immediately clear if he had a lawyer who could comment on the charges.
According to the prosecution, O’Connor threw six wild parties in 2020 in her Los Gatos home and other locations.
The youngsters, who were predominantly between the ages of 14 and 15, were allegedly urged to drink until they passed out by the prosecution, who claim she purchased beer, vodka, whiskey, and other alcoholic beverages.
According to court documents, she also advised them to keep the get-togethers a secret and on multiple occasions, assisted teenagers in sneaking out of their homes in the middle of the night to attend them.
O’Connor allegedly gave a youngster a condom at a party in December 2020 and shoved him into a room with a drunk girl. Both were underage.
What did Shannon Marie O’Connor Do?
A California mother who police claim held six wild, drunken parties for her teenage son and his pals in 2020 is facing scores of more criminal charges as her trial date draws near.
At the time of the parties, Shannon Marie O’Connor, 49, was residing in Los Gatos; she currently resides in Idaho. She was accused of 39 counts, including felony child abuse, sexual assault, and serving alcohol to children after police claimed to have heard about the parties in 2021.
However, according to the Mercury News, grand jurors have issued a 63-count indictment against O’Connor, which includes counts of aiding and abetting sexual assault and child endangerment for providing alcohol to minors.
According to the police, O’Connor bought cigarettes, beer, vodka, and whiskey for the teenagers. Authorities claim that some of the minors present—mostly those between the ages of 14 and 15—passed out from alcohol use.
It is also alleged that O’Connor encouraged the youngsters to engage in sexual activity. Police claim that some were non-consensual, and O’Connor occasionally observed the teenagers engaging in sexual activity.
Seventeen of the accused victims gave grand jury testimony, according to The Mercury News.
A girl who was one of them testified that she was so drunk that she almost drowned in a hot tub.
According to authorities, O’Connor allegedly laughed and watched as a drunken teen sexually abused a little girl in bed during a New Year’s Eve party at her house with roughly five other 14-year-olds.
In a different instance, she is accused of dragging a drunken teenager into her bedroom, where he sexually molested a 14-year-old girl.
According to court documents, the girl informed detectives that she nearly drowned in a hot tub at another party because she was so inebriated.
In Ada County, Idaho, where she was residing at the time, O’Connor was arrested in 2021.
