The controversy Soak in Spain since Sunday and the discovery of the 18th anniversary evening contours of Lamine Yamal. The young star of FC Barcelona is thus criticized for hiring for her fiesta people suffering from navism, which is likely to undermine the dignity of the persons concerned. As of Sunday evening, the association of people with skeletal dysplasia with nanity (ADEE) has “condemned” these facts in a statement, deeming “unacceptable that in the 21st century, people with nanism continue to be used as entertainment during private festivals”.
Following an ADEE complaint, we learned Tuesday that Lamine Yamal was the subject of an investigation request from the Spanish government. The Ministry of Social Rights has indeed “asked the prosecution to investigate to see if the law has been breaking and, therefore, if there has been an infringement of the disabled people”.
“ADEE wants to harm us”
In the midst of a turmoil, the main competitor of Ousmane Dembélé for the Ballon d’Or 2025 still received the support of some of the artists with nanism present at his party for dances and magic tricks on Tuesday. One of them, interviewed by Catalan Rac1 radio, denounced the ADEE approach, ensuring that no one had “disrespect” during the anniversary of the Barça striker.
“In recent years, ADEE wants to harm us and prevent us from doing what we love, but they have not offered work or training to the people concerned. All this noise is only due to the fact that it was the party of Lamine Yamal, ”regrets the artist who wanted to keep anonymity. Another person with nanism published a statement relayed Tuesday evening by the COPE.
“We were treated with respect”
“We are individuals fully capable of deciding on our own life,” he says first. We firmly reject any allegation of ridicule or exploitation, as has been publicly asserted without evidence. Those who accuse us without knowing us dehumanized us and deprive us of our autonomy. We urge the ADEE and any other entity to carry out their work in a responsible manner, without generalizing, not to mention in the name of those who have not been heard, and without becoming a tool of discourse unrelated to our lived reality. »»
Our file on Lamine Yamal
Also remaining anonymous, this artist indicates that he reserves “the right to initiate legal proceedings if of false information affecting [notre] reputation and [notre] public image continue to be disseminated ”. Before concluding, in support of Lamine Yamal and his guests: “We want to say it loud and clear: we are deeply proud to have been invited to this event. It was a professional and human experience where we were treated with respect ”.