Overview

• The mural at Barcelona’s Placa de Joanic was struck again when vandals painted the Seven Dwarfs beside Yamal’s portrait as a pointed reference to his party’s use of entertainers with dwarfism.
• Spain’s public prosecutor and the Association of Achondroplasia and Other Skeletal Dysplasias have opened investigations into whether contracting people with dwarfism for mock entertainment breached national disability law.
• Jesus Martin, the government’s General Director of Disability, has urged ministerial approval for a formal probe, stressing that legal protections apply regardless of a person’s status.
• Yamal has insisted that his off-field celebrations are personal and should not influence his contributions on the pitch for Barcelona.
• The controversy began after images from Yamal’s 18th birthday showed paid performers with dwarfism and scantily-clad women at a themed party, prompting some participants to defend their involvement and model Claudio Calvo to allege organizers sought women under strict payment and appearance criteria.