Prosecutors said that since her arrest, Shannon O’Connor tried to dissuade a son from talking to authorities and to hide her assets.
A judge Thursday denied bail for a mom accused of hosting binge-drinking parties for her high school freshman son and his friends in Los Gatos where, prosecutors say, teen girls were sexually assaulted in a case that shocked the South Bay.
On Thursday, the judge also heard from O’Connor’s ex-husband, who now lives in Texas with her older son, and told the judge how O’Connor and her current husband tried to hide the boy from him. The Bay Area News Group is not naming the ex-husband or the son because the boy is considered one of the 15 victims in the case.O’Connor’s lawyer, Brian Madden, said after the hearing he would be appealing the decision. She has yet to enter a plea to the charges.
Prosecutors have argued that O’Connor remains a threat to the teen victims, their families and the broader community as well as a risk to flee justice. “I don’t see any way she could successfully violate any of these conditions,” Madden said. “These are not violent felonies. She’s entitled to bail.” Deputy District Attorney Rebekah Wise argued in court that the charges against O’Connor do involve violence, in that the teens suffered physical injuries while drunk, and that some were sexually assaulted while unable to consent.
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