"A friend known in court records as John Doe 5 (the son is being referred to as John Doe 3, and female victims as Jane Does, because all were minors at the time) testified Monday that he first attended one of these parties in September 2020, when he was 13 or 14 years old. As KRON4 reports, John Doe 5 says he drank eight beers that night, and he says he had never consumed alcohol before then."
"On the stand, he described attending the party because "all of my friends were doing it," and said that O'Connor's son showed him where the alcohol was hidden, under a tarp in a laundry basket in the garage hidden, he said, from O'Connor's husband, who was home at the time. John Doe 5 said that later in the evening, after O'Connor's husband left the house, a case of beer was brought out into the room where kids were partying."
""She said, Wait until he leaves, don't spill anything, don't do anything stupid,'" he testified, per KRON4, adding, "Everyone was pretty drunk. I couldn't think too straight. I had trouble walking.""
Shannon O'Connor, 51, faces trial for allegedly hosting teen drinking and sex parties at her Los Gatos home during the early COVID-19 pandemic. The gatherings began in summer 2020 as her older son entered high school and involved minors as young as 13 or 14. A witness identified as John Doe 5 testified he drank eight beers at his first party and had never previously consumed alcohol. Testimony described alcohol hidden under a tarp in a garage laundry basket, concealed from O'Connor's husband, and a case of beer brought out after he left. Witnesses reported pervasive intoxication and impaired walking.
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