Conservative radio host Armstrong Williams, Carson's chief campaign architect, was sued in 1998 for allegedly sexually harassing a male trainer; the suit was settled out of court. 
 
 In an open letter set to be published Monday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Larry Flynt is offering "between $50,000 and $1 million" to anyone with proof that a top adviser to Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is guilty of sexual harassment. 
 
 "Dr. Carson, Heal Thyself!" the Hustler publisher begins in the paid ad, then goes on to describe a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit against Armstrong Williams, a conservative radio personality whom Carson has described as being part of a "package deal" should he be elected president. 
 
 "Armstrong Williams, your brother in faith and the person you say you trust more than anyone else outside of your immediate family," Flynt writes, "settled a lawsuit out of court after affidavits provided allegations that he initiated unwanted sexual advances toward other men." 
 
 In 1998, Williams was accused by former personal trainer Stephen Gregory of more than 50 separate incidents of sexual harassment. In the filing, Gregory says that Williams repeatedly "kissed him on the mouth, grabbed his buttocks and genitals and climbed into bed with him on business trips." 
 
 When Gregory refused the advances, Gregory claimed in the suit, Williams retaliated by firing him. Gregory sought $200,000 in damages but ultimately settled with Williams out of court. 
 
 In his letter, Flynt accuses Carson of being "a hypocrite" for associating with Williams. "You have linked gays with bestiality and the North American Man/Boy Love Association. You have opposed same-sex marriage, accusing marriage equality advocates of 'directly attacking the relationship between God and his people,'" Flynt asserts (accurately). "Yet, you have partnered with an accused sexual predator." 
 
 Flynt then demands that Carson "disavow any and all relations" with Williams at Tuesday's Republican debate on CNN. If the candidate — whose most recent headline-grabbing move was to threaten to abandon the Republican party entirely — fails to do so, Flynt says he will pay for "confirmable information" relating to the "curious relationship" between Williams and Gregory. 
 
 Flynt has a long history of offering hefty cash payouts to prove conservative politicians are guilty of unlawful, unsavory and hypocritical behavior. At the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he offered $1 million for evidence that Bill Clinton's Republican foes had committed acts of adultery. In 2012, he put up a similar bounty for stories of "infidelity, sexual impropriety or corruption” involving members of Congress. 
 
 Carson's campaign did not respond to a request for comment. 

 Carson: I'll leave GOP if there are 'back room deals' 
 
 Ben Carson (Photo: AP) 
 
 Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson again threatened to bolt the Republican Party on Sunday if leaders use a "back room deal" to decide the presidential nomination. 
 
 "If that is the case, then, you know, I'm out of here," Carson said on ABC's This Week. 
 
 Carson reacted to a Washington Post report last week that Republican Party leaders met to discuss the possibility of a "brokered convention" in which no candidate has the majority of delegates needed to win the nomination; they also reportedly discussed possible ways to stop GOP front-runner Donald Trump. 
 
 On ABC, Carson said Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus assured him that it was a routine meeting and that the party has no intention of cutting a back room deal. 
 
 "But, you know, the jury is out," Carson said. "We'll certainly be keeping a close eye on things." 
 
 Carson has seen his poll ratings drop in recent weeks, but told ABC he is not worried. 
 
 "Well, you know, poll numbers go up and down," he said. "I wasn't excited when they were up -- I'm not excited when they were down. You know, this is a very fluid contest." 
 
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– Ben Carson is a hypocrite who is "partnering with an accused sexual predator" while attacking same-sex marriage, according to Larry Flynt, who's offering up to $1 million for proof that Carson campaign chief Armstrong Williams sexually harassed men. In an ad to be published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Monday, Flynt notes that Williams settled a sexual harassment lawsuit out of court in 1998 and demands that Carson "disavow any and all relations" with him, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Flynt warns that if Carson doesn't fire Williams, the Hustler publisher will pay between $50,000 and $1 million for information on the "curious relationship" Williams had with Stephen Gregory, the personal trainer who sued him. Flynt's offer is the latest in a long line of his cash offers to expose alleged hypocrisy among conservatives, including a 2012 offer to pay for proof of "infidelity, sexual impropriety, or corruption" among members of Congress, and a 2011 offer of $1 million for anybody who could prove Rick Perry had an affair, the Reporter notes. There has been no response yet from Carson, who recently threatened to leave the Republican Party if GOP leaders resort to backroom deals to choose a nominee at a brokered convention. On Sunday, Carson said he's been assured that no such deal was in the works, but "the jury is out" and he will "certainly be keeping a close eye on things," USA Today reports. (Click to see who Flynt is endorsing for president.)