Mom Accused of Throwing Teen Sex Parties Allegedly Searched Online for 'Good Books with Young Sex'
Shannon O'Connor, 49 has been charged with 39 criminal counts, including felony child abuse, sexual assault and providing alcohol to minors
The California woman who police allege hosted alcohol-fueled sex parties for her son and his friends is accused of searching online for “good books with young sex,” “hot 16 (year) old teenage girls” and other content that sexualized teens, court documents show.
Shannon O’Connor, 49, of Los Gatos, was arrested in Oct. 2021 and charged with a slew of offenses including sexual assault and providing alcohol to minors for allegedly hosting the parties, which authorities claim she attempted to keep secret, according to the criminal complaint filed with the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
O'Connor allegedly encouraged sex acts among the teens — who ranged in age from 13 and 16 years old — and sometimes watched as well, prosecutors claim.
The parties took place between June of 2020 and Feb. 2021, according to the criminal complaint.
She has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Prosecutors with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office filed motions with new information about the case ahead of an upcoming preliminary hearing on Nov. 6, KRON4 first reported.
Court documents first obtained by KRON4, which the DA’s office confirmed to PEOPLE, show that Google searches including “good books with young sex,” “hot 16 (year) old teenage girls” and “prettiest 16 year old girl” were found on her phone.
The documents state that her “phone also had multiple videos that appeared to have been downloaded from TikTok and other social media applications. The videos show young girls who appear to be underage,” the documents state.
The girls in the videos were dressed in revealing clothing and made statements to the camera, the documents state.
“There is no evidence that the girls in these videos were personally known to defendant,” the documents also state.
Related: Calif. Mom Accused of Throwing Secret Alcohol-Filled Parties for Teens and Watching Them Have Sex
Later in 2021, O'Connor moved to Idaho. When O'Connor was arrested there in October 2021, she had allegedly hosted a sleepover for 12 underaged teens.
Her attorney did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Teens Allegedly Lured to Secret Parties
During a hearing in April, some of O’Connor’s alleged teen victims and their parents claimed in court that O'Connor allegedly lured them to her home for wild parties through social media and her two teenaged sons, KRON4 reported.
O'Connor allegedly allowed her teenage party guests to drink and have sex for her own sexual gratification, prosecutors said.
She allegedly asked the teens to keep quiet about the parties and even lie to their parents about them, prosecutors said.
O'Connor "bought vodka and Fireball whiskey, provided condoms and discouraged the teens from telling their parents about the parties or calling for help when one of them passed out in their own vomit, the statement of facts state," District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a previous news release.
In some cases, O'Connor "would Snapchat or text teens to leave their homes in the middle of the night and drink at her home," the DA further alleged.
When O’Connor moved, she "continued these parties in Idaho," an alleged victim's mother told the judge in April, KRON4 reports. "She's a very sick individual and a sexual predator. She taught our daughter how to drink like a rock star. She was only 14, had never had alcohol and never had a boyfriend. It's disgusting to me."
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On multiple occasions, O'Connor allegedly urged intoxicated minors into sexual situations, even watching and laughing as "a drunk teen sexually battered a young girl in bed" during a New Year's Eve party, Rosen said in the release.
In another case, O'Connor allegedly brought an intoxicated male teen into a bedroom where a drunk 14-year-old girl was lying in bed. After her alleged assault, authorities say the girl asked O'Connor, "Why did you leave me in there with him? Like why did you like do that? Like you knew like what he was going to do me," the DA said in the release.
O'Connor allegedly threw the parties without the knowledge of her now-estranged husband, who has since filed for divorce, The Mercury News reports.
If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 connected to a certified crisis counselor.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
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