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 Lady” actress has since stated that she ran away from her household to be baptized by Pastor Robert Clancey, who not too long ago preached in regards to the “finish occasions.”
Nonetheless, her household shouldn’t be satisfied that the lady police discovered secure and sound is Banks.
Banks’ cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, stated LAPD’s replace was “faux information” and that the lady is an “imposter” — including that she’s going to proceed distributing “Lacking Individuals” flyers, ABC7 studies.
“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 lady they’re telling us is Chanel. We now have informed 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 secure as a result of 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., 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 could have gone.
Hours after police introduced that she was discovered, the actress — whose credit additionally embody “Blue Bloods” — insisted she was by no means lacking, however 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 submit.
“They are saying as soon as, you’re free in Christ Jesus, you’re free certainly, so I informed 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 broaden on the allegations.
Singh beforehand informed ABC7 she feared one thing was unsuitable once they couldn’t get via to Banks.
“5 days with out listening to from my cousin is pink flags and alarm bells,” Singh stated. “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, nonetheless, claimed in her submit that she has not spoken to her cousin in “over 15 years.”