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 found unharmed.
After a two-week search, the Los Angeles Police Division situated the 36-year-old in Texas on Monday.
The “Gossip Woman” actress has since mentioned that she ran away from her household to be baptized by Pastor Robert Clancey, who recently preached concerning the “finish instances.”
Nevertheless, her household just isn’t satisfied that the girl police discovered protected and sound is Banks.
Banks’ cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, mentioned LAPD’s replace was “pretend information” and that the girl is an “imposter” — including that she is going to proceed distributing “Lacking Individuals” flyers, ABC7 stories.
“I’ve the nonetheless from Texas PD physique cam footage that was proven to us on Monday Nov 11 on the Pacific Police Station in LA,” Singh wrote on her Instagram Story.
“That is the girl they’re telling us is Chanel. We’ve advised them this isn’t Chanel. They didn’t hearken to us and closed the case.”
“That’s why @ohhheychanel gained’t submit a video saying she’s protected as a result of it’s not Chanel,” added Singh, who flew in from Toronto to assist with the search.
Banks was reported missing by her mom and cousin after police carried out a welfare test on the Playa Vista, Calif., condominium.
Within the condominium, which Banks shares together 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 embody “Blue Bloods” — insisted she was never missinghowever left voluntarily to “escape my cage.”
“I’ve met with the Police and verified that I’m not solely OK, however I’m lastly free,” she wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post.
“They are saying as soon as, you’re free in Christ Jesus, you’re free certainly, so I advised my husband six days in the past I used to be going to get baptized by one in every of my favourite pastors Pastor Robert Clancy.”
Banks additionally accused her household of sexual abuse and “manipulation,” although didn’t increase on the allegations.
Singh beforehand advised ABC7 she feared one thing was fallacious once they couldn’t get by way of to Banks.
“5 days with out listening to from my cousin is pink flags and alarm bells,” Singh mentioned. “She doesn’t go greater than 48 hours with out talking to me or her mother…That woman is extra like a giant sister to me.”
The actress, nevertheless, claimed in her submit that she has not spoken to her cousin in “over 15 years.”