CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The son of a Dunbar man accused of sexually abusing his two granddaughters denied that the girls have been raised in a home pervaded by sex talk, pornography and sexual toys.

John Smith told a jury Wednesday that none of those allegations made by other witnesses about his home environment are true. The defense attorney for his father, Darrell Eugene Smith, is attempting to show that such a home life made it easy for the girls to make up stories of molestation.

The elder Smith, 61, is on trial for multiple charges of sexual abuse and assault of his granddaughters, one of whom said she was only 5 or 6 years old when the incidents happened repeatedly in his bed during sleepovers.

But Smith told jurors – all men with the exception of one woman – that those sexual misdeeds never occurred.

“It never happened, it’s in her mind,” he said, when asked about a detailed sexual event the older girl related to police in 2005. “I never touched her in a sexual way. I have high blood pressure and sugar, and I haven’t been able to have an erection for six years.”

Smith said he thought about seeking help for impotence but couldn’t afford it because of the cost of his other medications. Medical records confirming his health problems probably weren’t available, he said, since the doctor had died.

The accused grandfather said the girls often slept at his home on weekends and would climb into his bed between him and his wife.

“A couple of times they were in the bed when I went in, but I run them out,” he said. “A couple of times I woke up and they were there, but I would just get out of bed.”

The girls were 11 and 14 when they came forward with the allegations. They are now 14 and 17. Each testified Tuesday that Smith fondled them in his bed, encouraging them to please him if they loved them and warning them not to tell anyone.

Fred Krieg, a child psychologist, testified that the interviews done by Children’s Protective Services and the police were “unreliable” and “coached.”

Krieg said also that there were discrepancies between the girls’ answers to questions by two different interviewers.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The son of a Dunbar man accused of sexually abusing his two granddaughters denied that the girls have been raised in a home pervaded by sex talk, pornography and sexual toys.

John Smith told a jury Wednesday that none of those allegations made by other witnesses about his home environment are true. The defense attorney for his father, Darrell Eugene Smith, is attempting to show that such a home life made it easy for the girls to make up stories of molestation.

The elder Smith, 61, is on trial for multiple charges of sexual abuse and assault of his granddaughters, one of whom said she was only 5 or 6 years old when the incidents happened repeatedly in his bed during sleepovers.

But Smith told jurors – all men with the exception of one woman – that those sexual misdeeds never occurred.

“It never happened, it’s in her mind,” he said, when asked about a detailed sexual event the older girl related to police in 2005. “I never touched her in a sexual way. I have high blood pressure and sugar, and I haven’t been able to have an erection for six years.”

Smith said he thought about seeking help for impotence but couldn’t afford it because of the cost of his other medications. Medical records confirming his health problems probably weren’t available, he said, since the doctor had died.

The accused grandfather said the girls often slept at his home on weekends and would climb into his bed between him and his wife.

“A couple of times they were in the bed when I went in, but I run them out,” he said. “A couple of times I woke up and they were there, but I would just get out of bed.”

The girls were 11 and 14 when they came forward with the allegations. They are now 14 and 17. Each testified Tuesday that Smith fondled them in his bed, encouraging them to please him if they loved them and warning them not to tell anyone.

Fred Krieg, a child psychologist, testified that the interviews done by Children’s Protective Services and the police were “unreliable” and “coached.”

Krieg said also that there were discrepancies between the girls’ answers to questions by two different interviewers.

“The interviews do not match,” Krieg said. “They are not valid and not reliable.”

The two girls listened in the courtroom while Krieg read explicit excerpts of those interviews as they described to authorities how their grandfather molested them sexually.

The oldest girl, now married with two children, hid her head in her hands and held hands with her husband. Her younger sister showed no emotion and appeared distracted.

A number of witnesses testified that the Dunbar home where they were raised, and the Culloden home where they later moved, were both impoverished settings and places where sexual materials were often seen.

“They were constantly talking bad in front of the children,” said Lexie Saunders, a relative. “Talking about their sex life right in front of them. I saw adult movies in the house.”

Yvonne Whitlock, another relative, said, “The house environment was not appropriate for children. There were sexually explicit materials and sex toys.”

At one point Wednesday morning, Judge Jennifer Bailey Walker was alerted that Smith’s wife, Lee Ann, had initiated a conversation with one of the jurors during a break in the trial.

Bailey Walker called the woman into the courtroom to detail that conversation, which had to do with his snakeskin cowboy boots. The judge admonished Smith’s wife to have no contact with any jurors and warned attorneys to extend that warning to other parties in the trial.

Attorneys are expected to give their closing arguments today and give the case to jurors to decide.