Normally, the accused pays a bail bondsman ~10% of the bail amount and bondsman puts up the full amount at the courthouse. The 10% is a fee to the bondsman, th

Normally, the accused pays a bail bondsman ~10% of the bail amount and bondsman puts up the full amount at the courthouse. The 10% is a fee to the bondsman, the accused doesn’t get it back. The bondsman gets back their full amount back when the accused shows up for trial. If the accused flees, the bondsman sends bounty hunters and/or calls in their insurance policy. Not sure how it works for amounts this large, but the above applies to your everyday DUI/assault/etc (at least here in VA). And even if the house was worth $25 million, they would essentially be giving it to the bondsman, which I doubt it what happened. The rich truly do play by different rules, even when they’re charged with crimes.