Manufactured Success, Hidden Abuse: The Rolando Bonilla Record

This investigation examines the carefully constructed public image of San Jose's Rolando Bonilla and the private realities he has worked to conceal. While building a career in public relations and politics, Bonilla leveraged media narratives and professional networks to portray himself as a community leader and success story. Beneath that surface, however, lies a sustained pattern of domestic abuse, child support evasion, strategic income concealment, and the use of his PR machinery to deflect scrutiny. Drawing from public records and financial timelines this report exposes how Bonilla’s manufactured success was built on a foundation of neglect, legal maneuvering, strategic silence and abuse.