Gossip Girl actress Chanel Maya Banks has apparently broken her silence to make shocking accusations against her family, who claimed she was “missing.”
A series of disturbing allegations of abuse against the star’s family were detailed on an Instagram account associated with Banks, 36, on Wednesday night.
The post, which discouraged people from donating to crowdfunding sites in Banks’ name, alleged that the actress “she is not missing” and suggested that she had disappeared voluntarily “to escape my cage.”
Relatives of the The actress had previously reported her disappearance, claiming that her husband Carlos Jiménez had not helped them in their search.
Police later said Banks, a resident of Playa Vista, California, had been located unharmed in Texas on Wednesday and that no foul play was suspected in the now-closed case.
But her cousin Danielle-Tori Singh called the LAPD update “fake news” and vowed to continue leading the search efforts for Banks, apparently prompting the actress to take to social media with a statement in the who made a series of strong accusations against him. family.
The complicated case revolving around Gossip Girl actress Chanel Maya Banks, 36, took another strange turn on Wednesday. In the photo on his TikTok account.
An Instagram account associated with Banks posted four frames of a screenshot of a notes app in which she expressed herself about the issues at hand.
It was not immediately clear whether Banks, who appeared in three episodes of Gossip Girl in 2009 playing the role of Sawyer Bennett, wrote the posts on the account, which is verified and has a total of 70 posts across threes and threes. half a year, KTLA reported.
Jimenez told the station by phone that Banks “had decided she didn’t want to talk to the family anymore because of issues they had in the past.”
She allegedly said on the social media site: “My name is Chanel Banks, I’m a 36-year-old American nobody,” she said, adding that her family members “are very ‘concerned’ about my current whereabouts.”
Banks, who also appeared in an episode of Blue Bloods in 2010, acknowledged speaking to authorities amid the investigation into her alleged disappearance.
“I met with the police and verified that not only am I okay, but I’m finally free of my…family,” Banks said.
Banks cited her religious faith as a factor in cutting contact with some of her family members.
“They say that once you are free in Christ Jesus, you are truly free, so six days ago I told my husband that he was going to be baptized by one of my favorite pastors, Pastor Robert Clancy,” Banks wrote. “He took me to the airport and then I was gone for a week.”
A message posted on Banks’ Instagram harshly criticized her family and discouraged people from donating to crowdfunding sites in her name.
She continued: ‘God said, ‘I’m going to give you some money and I was surprised when it showed up just like He said!’
Banks said God told her to move, so she took a first-class flight “to the Promised Land.”
The actress also said she was “issuing a wake-up call to those in high places who still have a soul and want to preserve it at a time like this.” Extend your hand. Help me.’
Banks said she “discovered hours before she left” that some of her family members “were vehemently seeking GUARDIANSHIP (i.e.) complete legal control.”
He added that ‘there will be no more lies’ and that ‘everything that is in darkness must come to light…thus says the Lord.’
Banks ended her statement by saying, “PLEASE DO NOT DONATE TO ANY GO FUND ME THAT SAY I’M MISSING, I’M NOT MISSING.”
Banks appeared in three episodes of Gossip Girl in 2009 playing the role of Sawyer Bennett.
Banks appeared in a 2010 episode of Blue Bloods.
Banks’ family says they last heard from her on October 30, when she texted her cousin Danielle-Tori Singh, who is leading fundraising for her urgent return.
The actress had been living in an apartment in Playa Vista with her husband for a year before her relatives suddenly stopped hearing from her, Singh said. ABC7.
Singh claims a tip led police to a residence in Texas and a woman who identified herself as Banks answered the door.
However, the family, after viewing police body camera footage of the encounter, claims that woman was not Banks.
California authorities had conducted four welfare checks at the actress’ Playa Vista property this month alone, but Banks was not home on either occasion, KTLA reported.
When the family visited the home, they discovered that Banks’ belongings were still there, including her dog and her “emotional support” car. However, his phone and laptop were not found.