A woman accused of hosting parties for her teenage son and his friends in Northern California, where she encouraged them to drink and sexually assault intoxicated girls, was charged Monday with more than five dozen felonies and misdemeanors.
Shannon Marie O’Connor, 49, was indicted by a grand jury in Santa Clara County on 63 counts including child endangerment by furnishing alcohol to minors and aiding and abetting sexual assault, the Mercury News reported. .
Seventeen alleged victims testified at the grand jury hearing, the newspaper said.
It was not immediately clear if O’Çonnor, who was ordered held without bail, had an attorney who could discuss the charges.
Prosecutors maintain that O’Connor hosted six alcohol parties in 2020 at his then-home in Los Gatos and other locations.
Shannon O’Connor allegedly hosted alcohol-filled parties for her teenage son and his friends while encouraging them to drink heavily and engage in sexual acts with intoxicated girls. AP
Prosecutors allege he purchased beer, vodka, whiskey and other liquor and encouraged the teenagers, most of whom were between 14 and 15 years old, to drink to the point of unconsciousness.
He also told them to keep the meetings secret and on several occasions helped the teens sneak out of their homes in the middle of the night to attend them, according to court documents.
At a December 2020 party, O’Connor allegedly handed a condom to a boy and pushed him into a room with an intoxicated girl. Both were minors.
Shannon O’Connor hosted six alcoholic parties in 2020 at her then-home in Los Gatos. KTVU
The girl managed to escape and locked herself in the bathroom, authorities said in court documents.
During a New Year’s Eve party at his home with about five 14-year-old boys, O’Connor allegedly watched and laughed as a drunken teenager sexually beat a girl on the bed, authorities alleged.
In another case, he allegedly took a drunk teenager to a bedroom in his home where he sexually assaulted an intoxicated 14-year-old girl.
Shannon O’Connor listens in a courtroom on October 20, 2021 in San Jose, California. AP
That girl told investigators that at another party she was so drunk that she nearly drowned in a hot tub, according to court documents.
O’Connor was arrested in 2021 in Ada County, Idaho, where she lived at the time.
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