The Philippe Daudet Affair, named after Philippe Daudet (1909–1923), was a French legal filing and subsequent controversy following the suicide of Philippe Daudet at age 14. The initial investigation into Philippe's death concluded he had committed suicide via gunshot, following plans to carry out anarchist attacks against the French government and other high profile individuals. Philippe was the son of Action française founder Léon Daudet, who successfully petitioned to the court to investigate Philippe's death, whilst rejecting the results of the initial investigation. Léon instead claimed there was a grander conspiracy against himself and his family. Léon mobilized Action française and the Daudet family, both claiming that anarchist groups, French police, and the French government had c