Former reality TV gumshoe Vincent Parco was convicted Friday in a blackmail scheme involving a kinky hotel sex romp.

Parco was found guilty of unlawful surveillance and promoting prostitution in the case.

His lawyers vowed to appeal what they called a politically motivated prosecution.

“I’m very confident in my attorneys and the appeal process,” Parco said moments after jurors concluded he’d taken part in a 2017 scheme to use a secretly recorded, dildo-riddled sex tape to silence a witness against his client, convicted pedophile Samuel Israel.

While prosecutors said Parco planned to pass the X-rated footage to Israel to use as leverage in allegations against him, the gumshoe’s lawyers asserted their client was simply investigating an infidelity case and didn’t know of Israel’s extortionate plans. Israel was accused of plotting the sex romp to target his female accuser’s husband in a bid to have her drop her claims against him.

Jurors cleared the “Parco P.I.” star of a single count of promoting prostitution in the fourth degree.

The 69-year-old faces up to four years behind bars at sentencing, which is scheduled for June 14.

Defense lawyers Peter Gleason and Lawrence LaBrew claim their client — who has investigated Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community in the past — was charged as retribution for his work due to questionably close ties between the community and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.

A law-enforcement source with knowledge of the case called the accusations “nonsensical,” while the DA’s office declined to comment.

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