So I thought it was a sick joke when I heard an hour ago that an anonymous sponsor is ready to make a payment of 6btc for a ad campaign, so far Adam Garbelz (the head of VIRAL coin) has not commented on the matter or even made reference to it. Seriously though what kind of ass would want to piss off everyone by sending out tweets to like hundreds of thousands of followers (that the viral network reaches) telling them to support getting MARK KARPELES out of Jail.
Sick people out there.
It could be a joke, but it sounds like the BTC is real. It could also be a kind of clickbait technique that the sponsor hopes will get him followers. Something that's "highly controversial" always makes for good clickbait.