Actress Chanel Maya Banks, who appeared in roles on Gossip Girl and Blue Bloods, was reported to be found safe on Wednesday (November 13) after going missing in Los Angeles two weeks prior, TMZ reports.
Banks, 36, reportedly didn't have any injuries and foul play isn't suspected, law enforcement sources confirmed. The actress was reported to have vanished from her Los Angeles apartment two weeks ago, having last made contact with her cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, who flew to from the East Coast with Banks' mother, Judy Singh, to search for her.
“Five days without hearing from my cousin is red flags and alarm bells,” Danielle told ABC 7 Eyewitness News prior to her cousin being found.
“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 added. “In my soul and in my gut, something is not right. Something is up. We’re now crossing more than two weeks now with not a word, not a sound, nothing.”
Banks' family claimed that her husband, who was not named in a GoFundMe account launched after her disappearance, wasn't matching their effort to find his missing wife, which they deemed "suspicious."
“He’s not willing to help LAPD. He’s not willing to help me or her mom find her. He is removing flyers off of posts and cars,” Danielle alleged via ABC 7 Eyewitness News.
The LAPD had previously told the family that no signs of foul play were suspected in relation to Banks' disappearance and confirmed that “her husband [had] not committed any crime by withholding information,” according to the GoFundMe page.
Banks appeared as Sawyer Bennett in three episodes of the television series Gossip Girl as Sawyer Bennett in 2009 and one episode of Blue Bloods as Maria Romano in 2010, as well as the film Twelve as Shelly, having been credited as Chanel Farrell for all three roles.