Updated On: 16 July, 2025 08:26 AM IST | Barcelona | AFP
Barcelona star Lamine faces probe by Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights for hiring group of dwarves as entertainers at his 18th birthday party last weekend

Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal during a Champions League match vs Borussia Dortmund on April 15. Pic/Getty Images
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is facing an investigation regarding the presence of a group of people with dwarfism as entertainers at his 18th birthday party last weekend, Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights told AFP on Tuesday.
The winger celebrated with a private event on Saturday night in Olivella, around 50 kilometres west of Barcelona, which the ministry asked the prosecutor’s office to probe, following a complaint from the Association for People with Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias with Dwarfism (ADEE).
“The ADEE has filed a complaint, so this ministry has asked the prosecutor’s office to investigate to see if the law has been violated and, therefore, the rights of people with disabilities [have been],” Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights told AFP.