“Our family just has no doubt that he was taken from us by natural causes,” Eugene Scalia said on the Laura Ingraham show on Wednesday. | Getty Scalia's son rejects conspiracy theories about father's death

The son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is rejecting conspiracy theories that his father died of anything other than natural causes.

“Our family just has no doubt that he was taken from us by natural causes,” Eugene Scalia said on the Laura Ingraham radio show on Wednesday. “We accept that. We’re praying for him. We ask others to accept that and pray for him.”


The younger Scalia’s comments come after the justice’s unexpected death on Saturday — and local authorities’ decision not to conduct an autopsy — spurred conspiracy theories that something other than a heart attack may have claimed his life.

Donald Trump fueled those rumors on Tuesday when he said he thought the location of a pillow on Scalia’s bed was suspicious.

“They say they found a pillow on his face, which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow,” Trump said, during an appearance on “The Savage Nation” radio show.

The owner of the Texas ranch where Scalia was staying later told CNN that the pillow was not, in fact, found on the justice’s face.

“He had a pillow over his head, not over his face as some have been saying,” said John Poindexter, owner of the Cibolo Creek Ranch. “The pillow was against the headboard and over his head when he was discovered. He looked like someone who had had a restful night’s sleep. There was no evidence of anything else.”