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    Gossip Girl actress Chanel Maya Banks found safe after vanishing in LA

    The family of Chanel Maya Banks are desperately searching for the actress after she mysteriously vanished in Los Angeles two weeks ago - and claim her husband isn't cooperating with police.

    The Gossip Girl and Blue Bloods actress, 36, was last heard from on October 30, when she texted her cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, now working with police and leading a fundraiser for her urgent return.

    The actress' family, including her mother Judy Singh and cousin Danielle, have flown in to Southern California to help aid in the search after her husband allegedly told them 'she does not want to be found', and has been taking down missing posters.

    Chanel had been living at an apartment in Playa Vista with her husband of one year before her family members suddenly stopped hearing from her.
    Upon entering her apartment, they discovered that Banks' belongings were still at the location, including her 'emotional support' dog and car. However, her phone and laptop were not found.

    After not hearing from Chanel in days, her loved ones quickly grew worried due to the actress often being in communication.

    Danielle told ABC7 News: 'Five days without hearing from my cousin is red flags and alarm bells.

    '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.'

    She said she last heard from her cousin by text on October 30, and saw her on FaceTime on October 27.

    Singh has been putting up flyers in her cousin's neighborhood but revealed that Chanel's husband has been uncooperative with the family and police.

    'Her husband is extremely suspicious,' she told ABC7. 'He is not willing to help LAPD. He's not willing to help me or her mom. 'He is removing flyers off of posts and cars.'
    Police told KTLA 5 they are helping with the case and have carried out four welfare checks this month alone. Banks was not home on any of the occasions, they said.

    When the family entered the home, they found her dog. Danielle said it was unusual, as her cousin 'does not go anywhere without her dog'.

    'That dog is by her side for emotional support.'

    Banks married her husband last year in November and uploaded a video of the day on her main TikTok account at the time. She was last active on the social media app in September.
    Danielle told ABC7 News that Chanel has recently been stepping away from her acting career to instead focus on writing.

    'I can tell you in my soul, in my gut, something is not right...We're crossing two weeks now without a word, without a sound. Nothing.'

    According to her family members, per KTLA 5, Banks moved to Los Angeles 10 years earlier to pursue an acting career.

    Along with Gossip Girl, Chanel - who also goes by the name of Chanel Farrell - is known for appearing in the series Blue Bloods, Suits, and the movie, Twelve.

    Danielle told KTLA 5: 'The last text we got from her before her phone went off the grid was Oct. 30. I'm not going to leave California until I find my cousin.'

    She flew from Toronto to help search for Chanel, with the actress' mother arriving from New York.

    Upon discovering that Banks' phone appeared to be dead, and her dog and car were still at her apartment, Danielle immediately reached out to the police.
    Los Angeles Police Department investigators confirmed to the outlet that they are working on the case, and have completed a welfare checks this month.

    In an emotional message, Danielle said to Chanel, 'We love you so much. We just want to know you're okay and that you're safe and that nobody did anything to you.'

    Banks' mother, Judy, asked for prayers and told KTLA, 'Pray for my daughter because at this point, we don't know exactly [what happened].'

    'We are hearing stuff here and there, people saying this and that, but I know that's not my daughter.'

    A GoFundMe page has been launched in order to help the family pay expenses for a private investigator and to help with their stay in Los Angeles.

    Danielle penned a description which read that Chanel, 'has been married for just over a year, and her husband is being uncooperative with police.'

    She revealed that both she and Judy were able to gain access to the apartment on Sunday, November 10 and said, 'all of her belongings are still there' aside from her laptop and phone.

    'She would NEVER go anywhere without telling her mom or myself. We noticed on November 10 that her husband has a busted lip and marks and scratches on his neck and arms.'

    Danielle added, 'Police were called on November 10 and they took pictures of his injuries, which he did not have two days ago when police did the last welfare check.'

    'We asked him where is Chanel, and all he continues to say is "she does not want to be found, she will reach out when she's ready."'

    'He claims he does not know where she is, he says he hasn't seen or heard from her since November 7, but never called police to say she's gone.'

    However, Danielle wrote that the police do not suspect her husband of 'foul play' and told the family that he 'has not committed any crime by with-holding information.'

    'There's nothing they can do until they have evidence or probable cause to arrest him.'

    In conclusion, she wrote, 'Chanel has no family or friends here and would NEVER go somewhere without telling her mom. Please help us find my cousin.'

    As of Tuesday, the GoFundMe page has raised around $3,000 with the goal of $20,000.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...e-husband.html

    The police don't suspect the husband?


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    Super suspicious of the husband.


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    yes i said i will leave it under you storage he said cuddle with me i said shut up it over??? what am i doing wrong??
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    Happy Birthday! I hid a dead body in your backyard to celebrate. Good luck finding it under the cement. You can only use a stick to look for it.

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    Me too, Nic. It almost screams like he is involved. Hopefully we are wrong and she chose to leave.

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    I had to look her up because I didn't remember her in Gossip Girl. She only has 3 credits, you don't see that often, considering she was in some big shows.


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    Great news ~ she has been found safe.

    Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Chanel has now been found safe and sound. She doesn't have any injuries and foul play isn't suspected.
    https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/13/gossi...d-los-angeles/

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    Well I feel like a dick.


    Quote Originally Posted by marakisses View Post
    yes i said i will leave it under you storage he said cuddle with me i said shut up it over??? what am i doing wrong??
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    Happy Birthday! I hid a dead body in your backyard to celebrate. Good luck finding it under the cement. You can only use a stick to look for it.

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    Honestly. This is the second missing person that showed up directly after I either posted them or commented on their thread this week. I need to do this more often
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    @Boston ~ yes, definitely keep those posts coming.

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    https://www.latimes.com/california/s...y-lapd-at-odds

    Family, LAPD at odds over whether ‘Gossip Girl’ actor is missing

    Depending on whom you ask, Chanel Maya Banks either is a missing person who may be in danger or hurt, or has been located and is safe.

    The Playa Vista actor known for her work on “Gossip Girl” as the character Sawyer Bennett and on “Blue Bloods” as Maria Romano was reported missing on Friday by her family, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Her cousin Danielle-Tori Singh created a GoFundMe page on Sunday.

    “My cousin Chanel is missing,” Singh wrote.

    Singh said the LAPD performed two wellness checks at Banks’ home and that she was not there either time.

    But on Wednesday, the LAPD told a different story. It said Banks had been found safe in Texas.

    A few hours later, a statement filled with inflammatory allegations against Banks’ family appeared on her Instagram page saying she was “finally free.”

    In a phone call with The Times on Wednesday night, Banks said she went on a trip and is trying to get away from her family, whom she accused of abusing her.
    At a news conference earlier Wednesday, Singh called police’s claim that they had verified Banks was in Texas “fake news” and said her cousin was still missing. She alleged that a woman found in Texas with Banks’ expired New York identification card was not her cousin.

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    How strange.

    Can anyone find her social media? I would like to see her posts where she said she is trying to get away from her family.


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    Very strange. I wonder if she is having a mental health crisis or something?

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    Okay, I am thinking mental health crisis. From one of her IG posts. Poor thing.

    ...I have been silently carrying the pain of the ritual sexual abuse, manipulation, and outright endless torment I've endured continuously since I was a defenseless baby, at the hands of my own so called family, whom are all so very "concerned" about my current whereabouts.

    I have met with the Police and verified that not only am I okay, but I am finally free from my mother Judy Kumar and her family. 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.

    He drove me to the airport and then I was off for a week...but I also saw it as an opportunity to escape my cage.

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    Yeah, was just gonna say her posts seem a little...off. She isn't well.


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    The GoFundMe her family set up has been deleted and Chanel posted a video on YouTube to again prove she is alive.

    Late Thursday evening, Banks posted a short video to YouTube and announced that she was filming a television interview.

    “As you can see, I am alive,” Banks said while getting her makeup done in preparation for the interview with a yet-to-be-announced television station. “Interview loading.”
    https://www.newsnationnow.com/entert...-chanel-banks/

    Here's the video on IG: https://www.instagram.com/extratv/re...t-down-/?hl=en

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    Filming a new TV show.....hm, publicity stunt?


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    @Nic - could be, but I hope not.

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