"Perhaps knowing that things aren't looking great for her at trial, and apparently against the advice of her attorney, accused Los Gatos "party mom" Shannon O'Connor reached out to several news outlets to offer some of her own side of her story. Could it be a hail mary to seek public support, or a calculated attempt to taint the jury and get a mistrial? Who can say? But Shannon O'Connor apparently made multiple recent phone calls from jail to multiple news outlets in an attempt to get her side of the story out there."
"The Mercury News published parts of their interview on December 31, based on two 15-minute phone calls on December 23. In that interview, O'Connor tried to deflect blame for the alcohol-fueled parties she hosted at her Los Gatos home and elsewhere in the fall of 2020 and spring of 2021, suggesting that other parents were letting the teens drink during the pandemic as well and she wasn't aware of the full extent of their consumption. "Teenagers are sneaky. They find their way to things," O'Connor said."
"NBC Bay Area aired their interview with O'Connor from around the same time on Wednesday. The station says, "NBC Bay Area planned to hold off airing the interview until the trial was over. However, O'Connor proceeded to call multiple news outlets from jail, and one published an interview." The station adds, "O'Connor said she wanted her side told even against her attorney's advice.""
Shannon O'Connor, accused on 63 counts including child endangerment and furnishing alcohol to minors, placed multiple phone calls from jail to several news outlets after the court recessed following the opening days of her trial. Portions of two 15-minute calls on December 23 were published by the Mercury News on December 31, and NBC Bay Area later aired an interview. O'Connor sought to deflect blame for alcohol-fueled parties by suggesting other parents allowed teen drinking and claiming limited awareness of consumption. NBC Bay Area said she proceeded despite plans to delay airing and despite her attorney's advice, and one parent called her a "master manipulator."
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