Former ‘Idol’ Contestant Robbed At Gunpoint While Working At IHOP

Alexis Lopez, a ‘American Idol’ contestant from season one who was eliminated in the wild card round, was held and robbed at gunpoint while working at a Granada Hills, California IHOP restaurant early Sunday morning (May 12). “He kept demanding the combination to the safe and I told him I didn’t have it,” Lopez said. “I said, ‘Shoot me, I don’t have it.’ Then he put the gun at my forehead and all that ran through my mind and I was on ‘American Idol’ at 17, I’m ready to come out with my album and he’s holding a gun at my head,” Watch several clips, including an interview with Lopez, at Flynet.