Barcelona and Spain star Lamine Yamal is facing potential legal trouble, beyond enormous reputational damage, following the events of his 18th birthday party. The teenage forward turned 18 over the weekend, and held a 250-person celebration on Saturday night in a seaside town down the coast from Barcelona.
The celebrations took place on Saturday night, the day before Barcelona’s players were due back at the training ground for preseason tests. Much of the squad reportedly left the events early, but the celebrity-filled event is facing major scrutiny. The Association of Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias with Dwarfism (ADEE) have announced that they will be taking legal action against Lamine Yamal after people with dwarfism were reportedly hired as entertainment for the event, which is illegal in Spain.
Now the Spanish Government have requested an investigation into event from the public prosecutor, following the ADEE announcement. As per Marca, the Ministry of Social Rights has communicated the request to the Office for the Struggle against Hate Crimes too, with the investigation to determine whether Lamine Yamal committed an infraction against the disability law, which prohibits the denigration or mockery of differently abled people for entertainment.
The Director General of Disability Jesus Martin has explained that they have requested clarification of whether people with dwarfism were denigrated. Serious infractions have been punished with fines between €600k and €1m.
It has not gone unnoticed that on Saturday night Lamine Yamal also told actor Peter Dinklage to check his private messages via a comment on Instagram too. Dinklage, 56, is one of the most famous examples of someone with dwarfism, having played a starring role in global franchise Game of Thrones, amid a storied acting career.
Barcelona are yet to comment on the incident, and Lamine Yamal returned to training on Sunday. However he could be facing serious legal trouble if indeed he is guilty of what the ADEE have accused him of.
funaikopu
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Madrid is doing there best off the pitch
mueilnopuz
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I have noticed that too much of civilization causes backwardness in the society, what a hell, inviting people for entertainment in a party becomes denigrating or a sort of disrespect?
Runcmnuyz
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This clown cannot keep himself off the news. 🤣🤣
LazyGenius001
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He paid for the services, didn’t he? The performances were not done under duress, were they??
Hawadkmpyz
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I think FIFA should Act and Investigate this Spanish Government with their Styles/Systems of Upsetting Football ⚽ Players and Coaches. Messi,Cr7, Neymar,Modric, Alonso, Marcelo,Marcherano,Falcao,Adriano, Mourhino and Ancellotti are All Victims. And now Yamal. Enough is Enough, it's Too Much.
Single-Bone
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If paying strippers to perform in a party isn't a crime, this shouldn't be a crime, as long as the payee willingly executed the task he/she was paid for. Consenting to make a mockery of yourself for some money, should be on you and not the payer.
lawalidris
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This clown cannot keep himself off the news. 🤣🤣
jelousness..don't give yourself heart attack over this little boy who have dismantled your club 4-0 meeting last season.
MogastyJn
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“Because he didn’t invite gays “ crazy world
DeoDarius
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Madrid is doing there best off the pitch
You will do anything and put the blame on Real Madrid just like how you do with your financial problems
Pecelrtuz
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The word is hired not forced, they took the deal willingly so the association should punish the Dwarfs for breaching the rule of the association, we have OF going around spreading nudity without anyone whipping them but we hav to rise issues with Dwarfs having fun🤷
peaceofmind
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Madrid is doing there best off the pitch
I like the dark side of your heart