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Gossip Girl star speaks out after family reported her missing and sparked desperate search

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Updated 14:05 14 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 11:55 14 Nov 2024 GMT

Gossip Girl star speaks out after family reported her missing and sparked desperate search

Chanel Banks has insisted that she is not missing as she addressed her 'disappearance'

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Chanel Banks has broken her silence amid reports that she was missing.

Banks, who has starred in the likes of Gossip Girl and Blue Bloods, was reported missing by her family in recent days after claiming that they had not heard from the 36-year-old since October 30.

A missing persons report was filed with Los Angeles Police Department on November 8, but police have since revealed that they have located the actress and insisted that she is alive and well.

The actress has addressed her apparent disappearance on social media (@ohheychanel/Instagram)
The actress has addressed her apparent disappearance on social media (@ohheychanel/Instagram)

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Elsewhere Banks herself has spoken out and insisted that she was never missing in the first place, and that she doesn't have a relationship with her mom and cousin who have been speaking to the press.

Posting to her Instagram Story in recent hours, Banks wrote: "I am not missing."

She also called for people to not donate to any GoFundMe pages that say she is.

Before Banks addressed her whereabouts, her cousin Danielle-Tori Singh spoke to the press and described the actress as being 'like a big sister' to her.

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Chanel Banks was reported missing by her family on November 8 (@ohheychanel/Instagram)
Chanel Banks was reported missing by her family on November 8 (@ohheychanel/Instagram)

"Five days without hearing from my cousin is red flags and alarm bells," she told ABC7.

"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."

LAPD have since confirmed to UNILAD that Banks has been located and the case is closed.

Featured Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images/The CW

Topics: Celebrity, News

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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