The child sex abuse charges filed two weeks ago against a University of Alabama in Huntsville physics professor should be dropped, prosecutors said Friday.

Madison County Assistant District Attorney Gabrielle Helix filed a motion saying that the case against Massimiliano Bonamente should not be prosecuted.

In the motion, Helix said the evidence did not support prosecution and that the children Bonamente was accused of molesting had recanted.

Madison County District Judge Claude Hundley has not yet ruled on the motion, filed late Friday morning.

Bonamente was arrested Feb. 10 by Madison police following a lengthy investigation, according to Capt. Terrell Cook. Bonamente turned himself in to police, Cook said.

Bonamente was charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child.

In the motion, Helix said she received information that there was a pending civil litigation involving the children. Helix said she fully reviewed all evidence in the civil case as well as the criminal case against Bonamente.

"As a result of the review, (Helix) has determined that these cases cannot be prosecuted," Helix wrote in the motion. "The alleged victims in these cases have recanted and provided a full and complete explanation."

Helix said that the recantation was reason enough to drop the charges but that other evidence she reviewed was insufficient.

Contacted by AL.com on Friday, Helix said she could not comment on the case beyond the motion.

Updated today, Feb. 24, 2017, at 3:01 p.m. with Helix response.