Spain’s Ministry for Social Rights has requested an investigation into possible breaches of disability laws at Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday party following allegations that individuals with dwarfism and women with specific breast size were hired as entertainers
The Ministry wants the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Office for Combating Hate Crimes to probe whether laws which prohibit shows that mock or denigrate people with disabilities were violated at the party.
Yamal turned 18 on July 13 and celebrated by throwing a private party outside of Barcelona last Saturday where special invited guests were not allowed to use their phones but videos later surfaced on social media of people with dwarfism appearing to arrive at the location where the party was being held.
On Sunday, following the emergence of the images, the Association for People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias with Dwarfism (ADEE) in Spain condemned “the hiring of individuals with dwarfism as entertainers.”
