Chanel Maya Banks.
Courtesy of Chanel Maya Banks/InstagramChanel Maya Banks She filed a restraining order against her mother and cousin one month after she was reported missing.
According to court documents he obtained Us Weeklythe gossip girl The alum, 36, requested a temporary restraining order against her cousin Daniel Toure Singh On Thursday, December 26th. Banks also filed a motion for a civil harassment restraining order against her mother and Singh.
In the papers, Banks alleged that her mother and cousin “acted together to harass her and spread lies” about her in order to “sabotage” her credibility and “representation.” Banks also claimed that the two women “fabricated” a story that she was a “missing person” and claimed that her husband had killed her.
“They hatched this scheme in order to publicly humiliate me and destroy my acting career,” Banks alleged in the documents.
Banks also claimed her mother and Singh “storied” her apartment while her husband, referred to as CJ on social media, was home. Banks claimed that her mother and cousin “assaulted” CJ and caused “visible injuries to his face and neck.”
TMZ was first To report news.
In November, Singh and Banks' mother I filed a missing person report After a welfare check revealed that the actress was not at her home in Los Angeles.
“Five days without hearing from my cousin are red flags and alarm bells,” Singh told Eyewitness News at the time. “She never goes more than 48 hours without speaking to me or her mother. That girl is like a big sister to me.”
The Los Angeles Police Department revealed hours later that Banks It was found And it was safe. Banks later Issue a statement So everyone knew she wasn't missing.
Courtesy of Chanel Maya Banks/Instagram Gossip Girl Chanel Maya Banks shares her perspective on what led to her reported disappearance. “It's a simple explanation,” Banks, 36, told Extra in an interview published on Monday, November 18. “I had to get myself out of a bad situation, and I’m sure a lot of people did (…).”
“My name is Chanel Banks, I am a 36-year-old US citizen, and all my life I have silently endured the pain of ritual…abuse, manipulation, and endless torment that I have endured constantly since I was a teenager.” “A defenseless child, at the hands of my so-called family, who are all very concerned about my current whereabouts,” she told True Crime News in a November statement. “I met with the police and they made sure that I was not only okay, but that I was finally free.”
Banks also claimed that she had not been in contact with her relatives for a long time.
She continued: “For decades, my family has been my spiritual, physical and emotional guardian, and has not given me any authority over my personality.” “I was not allowed to make any life decisions in any way without their consent. … Every time I got close to leaving, they falsified official government documents conveying lies about my mental health – for the record – I have no mental health record.” “Or any other record except a parking ticket here and there, so law enforcement would go after me without question and mercilessly.”
