{"id":205246,"date":"2026-03-05T07:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/205246\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:19:07","slug":"california-party-mom-shannon-oconnor-learns-fate-for-high-school-sex-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/205246\/","title":{"rendered":"California \u2018Party Mom\u2019 Shannon O\u2019Connor learns fate for high school sex parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

California\u2019s notorious \u201cparty mom\u201d is facing up to 30 years in prison after being found guilty for hosting booze-fueled sex parties<\/a> for high schoolers.<\/p>\n

Following a three-month courtroom saga<\/a>, 51-year-old Shannon O\u2019Connor of Los Gatos was convicted Wednesday on 48 felony counts, including sexual battery, child endangerment and giving alcohol to minors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect, as parents, that we protect children \u2014 protect our children, protect other people\u2019s children,\u201d Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen told reporters outside the courthouse Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Shannon O\u2019Connor, 51, was convicted on 48 felony counts, including sexual battery, child endangerment and giving alcohol to minors. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cThis defendant took advantage of children, manipulated children, hurt children \u2014 emotionally, mentally, physically, and did that for her own perverse reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery child who testified, the jury convicted the defendant of a charge involving that child.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor, who maintained her innocence, was accused of orchestrating illicit sex parties for a group of teens, including her son, at her Los Gatos home and in vacation rentals throughout the 2020-2021 school year.<\/p>\n

Widespread sexual assaults took place under her supervision, where she was accused of plied teens with copious amounts of alcohol<\/a> and watched as they engaged in lewd acts for her own disturbing amusement.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor, who has maintained her innocence, was accused of orchestrating illicit sex parties for a group of teens. Ada County Sheriff\u0092s Office.<\/p>\n

One of the alleged victims had told the court there was \u201cno escape\u201d from the boozy bashes, where teenage girls were treated like \u201csex objects.\u201d<\/p>\n

The girl, who testified at O\u2019Connor\u2019s trial under the name \u201cJane Doe 6,\u201d recounted how the mom looked on as teens engaged in lewd sex acts inside her lavish $4 million San Jose mansion.<\/p>\n

Most of O\u2019Connor\u2019s guests were 14-year-old freshmen from Los Gatos High School, where boys treated girls like \u201csex objects,\u201d Doe 6 testified.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was assaulted, and my friends were assaulted multiple times,\u201d she told the jury.<\/p>\n

The convicted mom\u2019s attorney, Stephen Prekoski, said his client was \u201ccrushed\u201d and \u201cvery disappointed\u201d by the verdict while speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n

The Los Gatos mom allegedly plied teens with copious amounts of alcohol and watched as they engaged in lewd acts for her own disturbing amusement. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I can say it any better than that,\u201d Preksoski added.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor is due back in court for final sentencing March 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California\u2019s notorious \u201cparty mom\u201d is facing up to 30 years in prison after being found guilty for hosting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1630,7,9,8,733,4182,2031,15836,94899,83232,3586],"class_list":["post-205246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-alcohol","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-child-abuse","tag-metro","tag-parties","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-sexual-assaults","tag-sexual-predators","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}