Family members of the actress who was reported missing confirm she has been located and agree to return donations from GoFundMe campaign
LOS ANGELES—Relatives of an actress who appeared in several episodes of “Gossip Girl” and on “Blue Bloods” and was reported missing a week ago conceded Friday that she has been found and said they would return donations made to a GoFundMe page created to help bankroll a search effort.
The admission by the family came after the actress—Chanel Maya Banks, 36, of Playa Vista—posted a video of herself on social media Thursday night, saying she was getting ready to take part in a television interview.
That followed posts she made on Instagram on Wednesday insisting she was safe and warning people not to donate to the GoFundMe page.
Banks was reported missing Nov. 8, with her family saying their last contact with her was on Oct. 30. According to the GoFundMe page established by Banks’ cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, a series of welfare checks were made at her apartment on Nov. 7 to 8, but she was nowhere to be found.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) stated that the agency had been notified by authorities in Texas that Banks had been found safe. An LAPD representative told City News Service there was no crime involved, and the case has been classified as closed.
But once media reports began circulating that Banks had been found, Singh took to social media Wednesday, posting an 8-minute video on Facebook denouncing the reports and insisting that her cousin is still missing.
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