Rumor mill spinning. A name keeps popping up on guest lists. Steven J. Demetriou Sr. He’s CEO of a government contractor. Amentum. It runs ICE detention centers. Specifically Camp East in El Paso. The biggest one in the country.
People saw photos at Madison Square Garden on July 3. Brad Pitt. Hugh Grant. Sacha Baron Cohen. All heading inside for Swift and Kelce’s wedding party. Page Six claims Demetriou was there too. If true. That explains the backlash.
Conditions at Camp East are not exactly picnic-worthy. Four detainees filed suit back in May. They claim guards beat people up. Sexual harassment. Spoiled food. No sunlight. No soap. Basically squalid. The complaint lists “horrific” treatment.
Why is he invited? It seems like a family link through Kelce. Demetriou adopted Reggie King. King is an old friend of Travis’s. Reggie brought his crew. Father and adoptive brother included. A 2005 West Point profile links the three clearly.
Swift fans are splitting hairs over this. She voted Democrat years ago. Criticized Trump in 2019 too. Called out his view of an “autocracy.” But neither Swift nor Kelce speaks up much on immigration now. Travis wears red for Colin Kaepernick protests. People assume he’s left-leaning.
Does one bad association ruin the day?
Maybe it just means rich people’s weddings are complicated things where you show up and ignore the politics until the cake arrives. Or maybe fans are just looking for another reason to be mad. Either way the internet has something to yell about again.
