Just to clarify for everybody about how bail bonds work.
If you post a bond, you pay 10% of the bail to the bondsman. That is his fee. You don't get that back. You also do a financial disclosure to show that you or someone who is willing to go surety for you has assets totaling the amount of the bail. If you don't show up and the bail is revoked, the bondsman loses the money he deposited with the court and comes after you or your surety.
Here, Balldo paid $5,000 to Absolute Bail Bonds. That money is the fee for the bond and is gone; he doesn't get that back. He also had to pledge some asset--most likely his house to secure the $50,000 ABB put up. If his bail is revoked, ABB loses the $50,000 they put up and comes after Balldo for it.