The household of Chanel Maya Banks, the actress who went lacking two weeks in the past, declare that she nonetheless hasn’t been discovered — regardless of police confirming she was discovered unhurt.
After a two-week search, the Los Angeles Police Division situated the 36-year-old in Texas on Monday.
The “Gossip Girl” actress has since stated that she ran away from her household to be baptized by Pastor Robert Clancey, who lately preached in regards to the “end times.”
Nonetheless, her household just isn’t satisfied that the girl police discovered protected and sound is Banks.
Banks’ cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, stated LAPD’s replace was “fake news” and that the girl is an “imposter” — including that she is going to proceed distributing “Missing Persons” flyers, ABC7 studies.
“I have the still from Texas PD body cam footage that was shown to us on Monday Nov 11 at the Pacific Police Station in LA,” Singh wrote on her Instagram Story.
“This is the woman they’re telling us is Chanel. We have told them this is not Chanel. They didn’t listen to us and closed the case.”
“That’s why @ohhheychanel won’t post a video saying she’s safe because it’s not Chanel,” added Singh, who flew in from Toronto to assist with the search.
Banks was reported lacking by her mom and cousin after police performed a welfare test on the Playa Vista, Calif., condo.
Within the condo, which Banks shares along with her husband, authorities discovered her belongings and canine there, however nothing pointing them to the place she might have gone.
Hours after police introduced that she was discovered, the actress — whose credit additionally embrace “Blue Bloods” — insisted she was by no means lacking, however left voluntarily to “escape my cage.”
“I have met with the Police and verified that I am not only OK, but I’m finally free,” she wrote in a now-deleted Instagram publish.
“They say once, you’re free in Christ Jesus, you’re free indeed, so I told my husband six days ago I was going to get baptized by one of my favorite pastors Pastor Robert Clancy.”
Banks additionally accused her household of sexual abuse and “manipulation,” although didn’t broaden on the allegations.
Singh beforehand informed ABC7 she feared one thing was flawed after they couldn’t get via to Banks.
“Five days without hearing from my cousin is red flags and alarm bells,” Singh stated. “She doesn’t go more than 48 hours without speaking to me or her mom…That girl is more like a big sister to me.”
The actress, nevertheless, claimed in her publish that she has not spoken to her cousin in “over 15 years.”
