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A Summit County State Representative attended the lavish wedding of popstar Taylor Swift and Cleveland Heights native Travis Kelce<\/a> July 3 at Madison Square Garden, according to reports.<\/p>\n State Rep. Steve Demetriou was photographed arriving at MSG.<\/p>\n He is serving his second term in the Ohio House of Representatives where he represents the 35th Ohio House District, which includes portions of Geauga, Portage and Summit counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n He also serves on the Development, Small Business, Technology and Innovation, and Ways and Means committees.<\/p>\n A view outside of Madison Square Garden during Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding in New York on July 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n In Summit County, Demetriou’s district includes Sagamore Hills, Northfield Village, Macedonia, Twinsburg, Twinsburg Township and Reminderville.\u00a0In Portage County, the communities he represents are Aurora, Streetsboro and Mantua Township<\/p>\n According to social media posts, Demetriou’s family adopted one of Kelce’s closest childhood friends and Demetriou played sports with them.<\/p>\n The A-list couple’s\u00a0wedding ceremony looks were created by Christian Dior Haute Couture<\/a>, designed by creative director Jonathan Anderson.\u00a0<\/p>\n Swift and Kelce did not have bridesmaids or groomsmen, instead opting for\u00a0Swift’s brother Austin as her\u00a0man of honor and Kelce’s brother Jason as the groom’s best man<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0The ceremony was officiated by\u00a0friend and actor\/comedian Adam Sandler<\/a>.<\/p>\n The famous couple has received backlash online from Reddit threads to Instagram and TikTok videos criticizing Demetriou’s presence at their nuptials, but the naysayers’ frustration seems to be aimed at the politician’s father who shares the same name.<\/p>\n The elder Demetriou serves as the executive chair at Amentum, an engineering and technology company in Dallas, according to his LinkedIn<\/a>. He also serves on FirstEnergy’s board of directors<\/a>.<\/p>\n What has grabbed fans’ attention is that Amentum Services was granted a $452.9 billion U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract by the federal government in March, according to USA Spending<\/a>. A description of the contract states Amentum is responsible for providing “detention, transportation and medical services at the Camp East Montana Temporary Detention Center in El Paso, TX.”<\/p>\n The Camp East Montana<\/a> ICE detention facility has a reputation of being wrought with issues from “mismanagement, medical neglect and dangerous living conditions<\/a>” prompting investigative reports from ProPublica<\/a>, NPR<\/a> and The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\nWhat is Steve Demetriou’s connection to Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce?<\/h2>\n
What was Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding like?<\/h2>\n
What is the controversy around Steve Demetriou?<\/h2>\n