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Gossip Girl actor Chanel Banks found safe, police say – NBC New York
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Gossip Girl actor Chanel Banks found safe, police say – NBC New York

Police in Los Angeles, California, say “Gossip Girl” actress Chanel Banks has been found safe after she was reported missing a few days ago, but her family members insist that the 36-year-old woman is still missing.

The Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday that Banks, of Playa Vista, was found in Texas after she went missing on Nov. 8. The family said in a GoFundMe post that welfare checks were made at Banks’ residence on Nov. 7 and 8, but she was not home.

The family’s last contact with Banks was on Oct. 30, according to the post. Missing persons posters were distributed in the Westside neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Details about the circumstances of her reported disappearance were not immediately available.

The Los Angeles Police Department told NBCLA on Wednesday that it had been informed by authorities in San Antonio, Texas, that Banks had been found safe. There is no indication of foul play, the department said.

After reports that Banks had been found surfaced, her cousin and mother held a press conference in Playa Vista and claimed she had not been located.

‘Please don’t stop looking for my cousin,’ Banks’ cousin Danielle Tori Singh » said in a social media post.

Singh said she has seen body camera video and audio footage of the woman found in Texas. She insisted the woman was not Banks.

Banks played Sawyer Bennett in three episodes of “Gossip Girl.” She also appeared in “Blue Bloods” and had a role in the film “Twelve.”

NBCLA has reached out to law enforcement authorities in Southern California and Texas for further details.

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