A 47-year-old girl from Los Gatos, Calif., faces a number of costs for allegedly internet hosting highschool events the place she served youngsters copious quantities of alcohol and inspired intercourse acts that she typically watched, authorities stated.
Shannon O’Connor, who’s also referred to as Shannon Bruga and now lives in Idaho, allegedly “purchased vodka and Fireball whiskey, supplied condoms, and discouraged the kids from telling their dad and mom concerning the events or calling for assist when certainly one of them handed out in their very own vomit,” the assertion of information stated.
She allegedly lured teenagers to her home in the course of the evening over SnapChat and textual content, and warned them to not disclose the events or she may go to jail, a press launch from the Santa Clara County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated.
The events held from 2020 to earlier this 12 months had been primarily attended by 14- and 15-year-olds, and it wasn’t unusual for teenagers to drink till the purpose of vomiting and passing out, the discharge reported.
O’Connor was charged with 39 prison counts, together with felony little one abuse, sexual assault, and offering alcohol to minors. She faces incarceration if she is convicted.
“It took lots of courageous kids to come back ahead and to untangle this deeply disturbing case,” Santa Clara District Lawyer Rosen stated in a press release. “As a mum or dad, I’m shocked. Because the DA, I’m decided to carry these adults who endanger kids totally accountable to the regulation and our group.”
O’Connor faces extra felony fraud costs in a separate case for making greater than $120,000 in unauthorized costs on an organization card she was given as an administrative assistant for Aruba Networks, the district lawyer stated.
An announcement from the District Lawyer’s Workplace detailed a number of incidents at wild events allegedly thrown by O’Connor at her residence.
At one social gathering, she allegedly handed an underage teenager a condom and pushed him right into a room with an intoxicated minor, and at one other attended by about 5 14-year-olds, the defendant watched and laughed as a drunk teen sexually battered a younger woman in mattress. The assertion stated she allowed a minor to drive her SUV within the Los Gatos Excessive Faculty car parking zone whereas two different teenagers held on to the again. One fell off and was knocked unconscious, the District Lawyer’s Workplace stated.
