Police confirmed that Chanel Banks was found in Texas on Monday and that her case is now closed.

Chanel Banks is safe after reports that she went missing.

The Los Angeles Police Department said the actress, who played Sawyer Bennett in three episodes of the original series, Gossip Girl The 2009 series is safe after his family set up a GoFundMe claiming he had disappeared. “He has been located and the case is now closed,” Officer Norma Eisenman said. Entertainment WeeklyHe confirmed Banks was in Texas on Monday.

A representative for Banks declined to comment.

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The actor, who also appeared in an episode in 2010 Blue Bloodsreportedly We spoke to TrueCrimeNews Via FaceTime and in a statement to the press, she said she “silently bears the pain of the ritual… the abuse, manipulation, and outright endless torture I have endured since I was a defenseless baby at the hands of my own so-called family. They are all very ‘concerned’ about where I am right now.”

Banks’ cousin Danielle-Tori Singh GoFundMe campaign started On Monday, he offered to hire a private investigator to find the actress, claiming that the actress last contacted the family on October 30 and that authorities conducted four welfare checks on November 7 and 8. Banks’ husband “was not cooperating with her,” Singh said. police” and that she left all her belongings behind, along with her dog, vehicle, phone, and laptop. She also claimed that Banks “will NEVER go anywhere without telling her mother or me” and that her husband suffered multiple injuries on November 10.

EW has reached out to Singh for comment.

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Banks denied having an intimate relationship with Singh, stating that she had not spoken to her relative “in over 15 years, much less every day or 48 hours.” He made numerous provocative claims about his family: “For decades, my family has been my spiritual, physical and emotional protector and has given me zero authority over my personality. I have not been allowed to make any decisions in life without their approval.”

He continued: “When I spoke out, they called me crazy, went after gangs relentlessly, and destroyed any peace, career, or connections I had. In this digital age, they did this without my knowledge or knowledge for decades. They reached out to my colleagues, friends, and even neighbors just to I consent not to my life’s work, but to sabotage and effectively destroy whatever happiness and peace I can hold on to.”

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Banks said he left town to get baptized, then used the event as “an opportunity to escape my cage.” He explained: “God said, ‘I’ll give you some money,’ and I was shocked when the money appeared just as He said it would. Then He said, ‘I want you to move.’ So, I did my Exodus and took my Freedom Ride in first class (Spirit Airlines’ “I took him to the Promised Land.”

Singh held a press conference But on Wednesday afternoon, he claimed the person located was not the real Banks, although he was able to produce identification with the actress’ information. “This woman was able to turn in a New York City driver’s license that had been expired for over 10 years,” Singh said, adding that authorities believed the woman was an impostor after reviewing body camera footage. “He was a lot weaker,” he claimed. “He was wearing things my cousin wouldn’t normally wear. His voice was different.”

He continued, “I’m not sure if that’s him. I think someone took his identity and is using him and pretending to be him.”

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