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California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

Woman in bright yellow V-neck prison top and face mask appears to listen in a courtroom.
Shannon O'Connor in a courtroom in San Jose, California, on 20 October 2021. Photograph: Anda Chu/AP

A judge has sentenced a San Francisco Bay Area mother to 35 years in prison after her conviction for a slew of crimes resulting from hosting drunken sex parties for young teenagers.

Widely known as the “Los Gatos party mom”, a nickname that references her hometown, 52-year-old Shannon O’Connor was convicted of four dozen crimes in March, including child endangerment, dissuading witnesses from reporting a crime and facilitating forcible sexual assault. Her sentence was the maximum allowed under state law.

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