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Spain officials demanded an investigation into Barcelona Lamine Yamal’s star after he was alleged that the 18-year-old football player hired artists with nanism for his birthday party this weekend.
The Spanish Ministry of Social Rights has asked officials, including the prosecutor’s office, to investigate allegations and if the laws on disabled people were raped during Sunday.
The Lamine of Spain Yamal warms up for a football match in the semi-final of the League of Nations against France in Stuttgart, Germany, June 5, 2025. (AP photo / Matthias Schrader, file)
ESPN reported That the guests were not allowed to film during the celebrations, but the videos on social networks seemed to show people with a nanism arriving at the event outside of Barcelona.
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The photos prompted a group to publish a declaration threatening legal action.
The association of people with achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasia (ADEE) said in a statement that he had condemned Yamal.
“The association announces that it will take legal and social actions to protect the dignity of disabled people, considering that these events violate not only current legislation, but also the fundamental ethical values of a society which claims to be egalitarian and respectful,” said ADEE in the press release, according to a translation.
The Lamine of Spain Yamal slips during a semi-final of the League of Nations against France in Mhparena in Stuttgart, Germany, June 5, 2025. (Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach)
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“During the anniversary of the young footballer, a relevant figure in Spanish sports, people with Nanism were hired only for entertainment and protest activities. For ADEE, this type of practice is intolerable because it perpetuates stereotypes, feeds discrimination and the image of those who suffer from Achondroplasia or other dysplasasses skeletal, as well as all people with disorders. “
BBC On Tuesday that Deee had filed a complaint with the ministry.
The Lamine of Spain Yamal made gestures in the final of the League of Nations against Portugal on June 8, 2025, in Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. (Reuters / Angelika Warmuth)
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