In 2014, Shattuck developed a relationship with the friend and classmate of her oldest son Spencer. Spencer originally acted as his mother's liaison, texting his friend "Call my mom. She thinks you're hot." After exchanging sexual text messages and explicit photos, the relationship escalated into Shattuck checking the boy out of school for them to have sex in her car. Eventually, the boy joined them on a family outing (sans husband Mayo) to a rented beach house on the Bethany Seashore. The overnight trip resulted in Shattuck performing oral sex on the boy.
