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Los Gatos 'Party Mom' Sentenced to 35 Years, 10 Months After Victims Confront Her in Court

28 May 2026 15:40

Shannon O'Connor, the Los Gatos 'Party Mom,' was sentenced to 35 years and 10 months in prison on Thursday after victims confronted her in court. - O'Connor, 52, was found guilty in March of hosting alcohol-fueled teen sex parties in 2020 and 2021.

- Victims included 12 girls and eight boys, many now in college, who described years of trauma and manipulation. - Deputy District Attorney Joanne Lee called O'Connor a 'sexual predator' who groomed children as young as 11.

- Detectives later found 12 minors staying overnight at her home near Boise, Idaho. The sentence covers 48 felony counts.

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