Criminal trial for Los Gatos mom accused of underaged parties underway

After more than four years in custody awaiting trial, Los Gatos mother Shannon O’Connor is having her day in court. She’s accused of hosting alcohol-filled parties for underaged teens during the COVID-19 shutdown and was arrested in June 2021.

O’Connor’s criminal trial has been underway since mid-November. It paused on Monday and Tuesday because a juror was sick.

Prosecutors planned to call a long list of witnesses. According to people inside the courtroom, witnesses who have already taken the stand include a police investigator, a medical doctor who spoke about a teenager who was injured at one of the gatherings, and at least one of the teenagers who attended the parties…

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