Chanel Maya Banks’ family Gossip Girl actor disappeared without a trace two weeks agoinsists he is still missing, despite authorities confirming he has been found safe.

After two weeks of searching Los Angeles Police Department He announced that after receiving a tip on November 12, they were taken to a house in Texas where a woman identified herself as Banks. happened reported He said there was no suspicion of malice in her disappearance and the case had since been closed.

But after learning about the LAPD’s update, Banks’ cousin Danielle-Tori Singh said it was “fake news” and promised to continue handing out fliers stating that Banks was missing. alphabet 7 reported.

An Instagram post hours after the police announcement to post In a post from Banks’ verified Instagram account, he claimed that she did not get lost and instead left voluntarily to “escape my cage.”

He accused his family of sexual abuse and “manipulation”; It is unclear whether Banks has made these allegations in the past or whether police are investigating them.

“I met with the police and confirmed that not only was I okay, but I was finally free,” he continued. “Once they said, you’re free in Jesus Christ, you’re truly free, so six days ago I told my husband I was going to be baptized by one of my favorite pastors, Pastor Robert Clancy.”

According to his Instagram account, Clancy, a revivalist pastor, was indeed in San Antonio, Texas. hosting A three-day Repentance Revival Movement Conference from November 8-10.

“So I made my Exodous and took my first-class Freedom Ride (in the spirit of Spirit, no less) to the Promised Land,” he said, adding that he now wanted freedom not just for himself but for all those who “suffer in silence.”

Singh, who flew from Toronto to help with the search, called the woman found in Texas a “fraud.”

“I have the Texas police body camera footage shown to us at the Pacific Police Station in Los Angeles on Monday, November 11th,” he wrote on his Instagram Story. “This is the woman they told us was Chanel. We told them this wasn’t Chanel. They didn’t listen to us and closed the file. That’s why @ohhheychanel doesn’t post a video saying she’s safe because she’s not Chanel.”

Independent He contacted the LAPD for comment.

In her Next Story, Singh included a side-by-side picture of the “impostor” woman in Texas and “our Chanel.”

Banks was first reported missing by her family, who said they had not seen or heard from her since Oct. 30. Relatives said it was very unusual for the actor to be out of contact with them for more than a few days.

Singh had previously said: “Five days when I didn’t hear from my cousin are red flags and alarm bells.” KABC. “She doesn’t go more than 48 hours without talking to me or her mother… This girl is more like an older sister to me.”

Police conducted four welfare checks at the woman’s home in the Playa Vista neighborhood. Los AngelesAccording to a now defunct report, two on November 7 and the other two on November 8 GoFundMe page It was started by Singh to assist in their search.

Banks warned her followers not to “donate to any GoFundMe that says I’m missing.” I’m not missing.”

It was reported that during the checks at the apartment where Banks lived with her husband of one year, authorities did not find Banks, but found her dog and belongings.

Banks “isn’t going anywhere without the little dog she left behind. He also doesn’t have a vehicle as it is parked in his garage. “He never goes anywhere without telling his mother or me,” Singh wrote on the fundraising page.

Singh also accused Banks’ husband of not cooperating with law enforcement and aiding in the search.

He’s not willing to help the LAPD. He wasn’t willing to help me or his mother find him, Singh told KABC. “Removing ads from mail and cars.”