U.S. man, daughter charged after having baby together

A 46-year-old Connecticut man and his 23-year-old daughter told police they weren’t certain they were related before beginning a sexual relationship and having a son together, police said in charging them with sex crimes.

George Sayers Jr. and Tiffany Hartford, of Bethel in western Connecticut, were charged Monday with third-degree sexual assault, obscenity and conspiracy after authorities said DNA tests showed Sayers was the father of both Hartford and her baby. Each pleaded not guilty and was being held on bail.

Hartford told police she aspired to be a porn star before she got pregnant, according to arrest warrant affidavits. The infant is now in state custody.

Hartford’s public defender didn’t return a message Thursday. It’s not clear if Sayers has a lawyer. A woman who answered the phone at their home Thursday hung up on a reporter.

The investigation began in February when Hartford’s now-former girlfriend complained to police that Sayers didn’t get her permission before selling videos and photos of her and Hartford having sex, according to the affidavits.

Questions about the relationship between Sayers and Hartford arose when police executed a search warrant at their home in the pornography investigation. Detectives asked a relative at the house about the couple’s relationship, and she told them that “Tiffany is his girlfriend, but we also think that she is his daughter,” the affidavits say.