Los Gatos Party Mom ‘tore my life apart,’ victim says
The victim says that the Los Gatos Party Mom tore her life apart.
Current and former Los Gatos High School students cried as they urged a Santa Clara County judge to send an accused sexual predator, also known as “Party Mom”, away to prison with a maximum sentence.
Shannon O’Connor was silent while her alleged victims spoke in court. Between 2020 and 2021, the District Attorney’s Office said O’Connor threw sex parties for teenagers with alcohol. O’Connor organized the secret parties without her husband’s knowledge, investigators said.
Teenagers were pressured to engage in sex for O’Connor’s own sexual pleasure, according to investigators.
O’Connor has denied the charges. She has been in jail without bail for over a year. Court records show that O’Connor was at the prison.
According to Friday’s court proceedings, her defense team may be preparing for O’Connor to change her plea in order to avoid a trial. The victims told the judge how O’Connor befriended them through her two teenaged sons and social media, while the girls were freshmen at Los Gatos High School.
One girl said Friday that a woman tore her life apart. I had to deal with the reputation of being the girl that got raped, and I will live my high school years with that.
Girls told investigators that they were sexually assault by boys while drunk.
When she realized she was being followed by a car with no headlights on, she was traumatizing. She said the girl obtained a restraining order against O’Connor. She saw O’Connor and her son scream and call her nasty names when she looked at the car.
She said she hid in a bush to escape.
O’Connor’s defense attorneys want a prison sentence of eight years or less, according to court proceedings. Shannon doesn’t have a conscience, said Jane Doe 8. She is a criminal. Eight years is a long time for the victims. I will never have the life I used to have. She should not.
O’Connor was charged with felony child endangering and sexual battery. The victims ranged in age from 13 to 15. She could face 20 years in prison if she is convicted of the 39 charges.
She told the judge that she has nightmares. She said that every morning she thanks God for being free from O’Connor’s harassments. Her actions are crazy. She is a pathological liar. Jane Doe 9 said that she was showing signs of no remorse.
I am questioned about what happened by my peers at school. O’Connor has yet to confess to the truth, but time is the greatest ally of truth. Jane Doe 9 said she wanted her life back before she took it away from her.
When the Los Gatos Police Department launched an investigation into the mother of two in 2021, O’Connor fled with her sons from California to Idaho and relocated to the same town that Jane Doe 8 had recently moved to.
Shannon moved to Idaho where I live. I received 27 calls with no caller ID. Shannon was breathing into the phone and haunting me. Jane Doe 8 said that she thought she was going to be killed.
Jane Doe 8’s mother told the judge that O’Connor had been stalking her for a long time. The mother said that she is the rapist of her child. I asked for Shannon to stop. My daughter won’t be allowed to have a relationship with your son if I stop contacting them.
The parents of Jane Doe 2 asked her to attend Friday’s hearing, but she declined saying, “I want to forget this ever happened.”
Jane Doe 2’s mother told the judge that she doesn’t want Shannon to own one more minute of her life. My daughter isn’t here because she’s studying for AP tests, the SAT’s, getting her prom dress fitted, and dreaming about colleges, but because she’s busy doing what kids in their junior year should be doing: studying for AP tests, the SAT’s,
Jane Doe 2 was a blonde haired girl before she met O’Connor. The mother said that after she met Shannon, she began to withdraw. O’Connor only feels sorry for herself and lacks a sense of remorse, according to Jane Doe 2’s mother.
Several more alleged victims and their parents spoke in court asking the judge to sentence O’Connor to more than eight years. O’Connor could be out of prison in as little as four years if she gets an eight year sentence.
Brian Madden did not call witnesses for his client’s court appearance.
O’Connor’s husband has filed for divorce.
According to police and prosecutors, “Party Mom” was aware that she was being investigated, but she continued throwing parties for teens.
Shannon continued her parties in Idaho. She is a sick individual and a sexual predator. Our daughter was taught how to drink. She didn’t have a boyfriend, had never had alcohol, and was only 14. It is disgusting to me.
Police, parents and her husband were kept in the dark about the parties. According to court documents, O’Connor was the only adult present at the bashes.
The mother of Jane Doe 4 said that her daughter is healing from trauma that left her on a dark path, struggling with depression, anxiety and self harm. The mother said that her daughter is learning to love herself and make healthy decisions.
Two boys wrote letters to the judge who was supposed to decide the case.
The judge did not make any rulings Friday. O’Connor was ordered to appear in court on May 16.
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The victim says that the Los Gatos Party Mom tore her life apart. Current and former Los Gatos High School students cried as they urged a Santa Clara County judge to send an accused sexual predator, also known as “Party Mom”, away to prison with a maximum sentence. Shannon O’Connor was silent while her alleged…