Yes, infamous Los Gatos “party mom” Shannon O’Connor, whose case involving supplying teenagers with alcohol and coercing them into sex dates back almost five years, is finally facing trial.
It’s been almost five years since we first learned of the secret, pandemic-era parties that one Los Gatos mother of teen boys was allegedly throwing at her home — in part, apparently, to help get her eldest son laid? — and it’s been two and a half years since that accused mother, Shannon O’Connor, rejected a plea deal that would have seen her behind bars for 17 years.
While the story initially elicited joke-y headlines about her being a “cool mom” like Amy Poehler’s character in Mean Girls — telling teenagers she wanted them to drink at home where she could see them — the case took on more serious implications when we learned that at least one girl had allegedly been plied with alcohol and a boy was then allegedly pressured by O’Connor to sexually assault her…