Gossip Girl” actress Chanel Banks spoke with the media to dispel claims by her family that she is missing. Banks told True Crime News in a FaceTime call that she decided to leave California for Texas after getting baptized.

The family of Chanel Maya Banks, the Gossip Girl actor who vanished without a trace two weeks ago, is insisting she is still missing despite authorities confirming she was found safe and sound. Following a two-week search,

Instead, she said in a statement, she was dropped off at LAX for a flight to Texas, where she was baptized by Robert Clancy, a firebrand Christian pastor who preaches how to "catch the fire of repentance " at a three-day festival in the town of Bourne dubbed "End-Time Prophetic Gathering."

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) – The missing person case involving actress Chanel Banks took another turn on Wednesday night when the 36-year-old posted on social media, announcing that she is “finally free” from the family that has been urgently searching for her.

Gossip Girl' actress Chanel Maya Banks was found safe near San Antonio after her family reported her missing from her California home.

The family of 36-year-old Chanel Banks said the actress remains missing despite authorities saying she's been found safe in Texas.A GoFundMe dedicated to finding Banks is run by her cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh.

The missing person case involving actress Chanel Banks took another turn on Wednesday night when the 36-year-old posted on social media, announcing that she is “finally free” from the family that has been urgently searching for her.

ALSO READ: South Texas temperatures are about to drop into the 30s and 40s. Here's how long it'll last. The actor's cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh, said in a GoFundMe created Sunday that "our last contact" with Banks was Oct. 30. In multiple social media ...

Depending on whom you ask, Chanel Maya Banks either is a missing person who may be in danger or hurt, or has been located and is safe.

The family of 36-year-old Chanel Banks said the actress remains missing despite authorities saying she's been found safe. "We are in the dark," her cousin Danielle-Tori Singh said. "We aren't quite sure where to go from here.