Family of 'missing' Gossip Girl star Chanel Maya Banks insist she's joined a Christian cult in tearful video Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By EVE BUCKLAND and TARYN PEDLER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:50 GMT, 15 November 2024 | Updated: 23:06 GMT, 15 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments The family of 'missing' Gossip Girl star Chanel Maya Banks have insisted she has been 'brainwashed' by a Christian cult.
The actress, 36, was reported missing earlier this month by her family after they claimed they hadn't heard from her in two weeks, before she was found safe in Texas on Monday. When she was discovered, Banks said she was fleeing her family to be baptized by doomsday Pastor Robert Clancey, who had recently advertised a three-day 'end times prophetic gathering' in Texas and claimed her family had abused her. In turn her loved ones bizarrely claimed claimed she was being imitated by an imposter online.
In a new press conference in LA on Friday, her mother and cousin Danielle-Tori Singh slammed the abuse claims as 'false' and claimed the actress was being held against her will in the Christian group - before breaking down in tears. The family of 'missing' Gossip Girl star Chanel Maya Banks have insisted she has been 'brainwashed' by a Christian cult - pictured mom Judy Kumar and cousin Danielle Tori-Singh The actress, 36, was reported missing earlier this month by her family after they claimed they hadn't heard from her in two weeks, before she was found safe.