The family of actress Chanel Maya Banks, who went missing two weeks ago, claimed she has not yet been found, despite police confirming she was found unharmed.
Los Angeles police found the 36-year-old man in Texas on Monday after a two-week search.
The “Gossip Girl” actress later said she ran away from her family to be baptized by the Rev. Robert Clancy. someone who recently preached About “the end times”.
But the family does not believe that the woman police found safe was Banks.
Banks' cousin, Daniel Tori Singh, said the LAPD update was “fake news” and that the woman was a “scammer”, adding that she would continue to hand out “missing person” fliers. Ta. ABC7 I will report it.
“I have a still image of the Texas City Police Department body camera footage shown at the Pacific Police Department in Los Angeles on Monday, November 11th,” Singh wrote on her Instagram Story.
“This is the woman they are telling us is Chanel. We told them this is not Chanel. They didn't listen to us and closed the case.”
“That's why @ohheichanel won't post a video saying it's safe because it's not Chanel,” added Singh, who flew in from Toronto to help with the search.
Banks was reported missing by her mother and cousin after police conducted a welfare check at her apartment in Playa Vista, California.
In the apartment Ms. Banks shares with her husband, authorities found her belongings and dog, but there was nothing to indicate where she had gone.
Hours after police announced her discovery, the actress, whose credits include Blue Bloods, claimed she was not missing but had left voluntarily to “escape the cage”. did.
“Not only did I meet with the police to make sure I was okay, but I was finally free,” she wrote. It has now been deleted. Instagram post.
“Someone once told me that in Christ Jesus you are free, truly free. So six days ago I told my husband that I was going to be baptized by one of my favorite pastors, the Rev. Robert Clancy. I said.”
Banks also accused family members of sexual abuse and “manipulation,” but never expanded on the allegations.
Shin said earlier ABC7 When she couldn't reach Banks, she feared something was wrong.
“Not hearing from your cousin for five days is a red flag and a wake-up call,” Singh said. “She never goes more than 48 hours without talking to me or her mother…That girl is like a sister to me.”
However, the actress claimed in her post that she has not spoken to her cousin in “over 15 years”.
