I don't think anyone is defending the artist, just giving you the proper etiquette to get this solved for both you and the artist. Most of us are on the side of 'good business practices'. If member artists upload faulty models, and customers download them, it harms the industry because if it happens often enough, word gets around that the models on CGTrader may not be printable. We also support the artists, because we are on a constant battle with our work getting stolen, shared and resold without compensation. Also, customers who may not have the proper software/hardware to print the models correctly complain about their downloads not working, also comes into play.
If you had a business, and someone went online and besmirched your name and product without consulting you first, you would be quite upset too. This is a digital business. Anything can happen with file transfer, storage, file compression/decompression and so forth. I hope that you gave enough time for the artist to reply to your query. Sending an email and not getting a response in an hour, doesn't give enough time for the artist to respond. The artists and customers on this site are global, so give at least 48 hours for the artist to respond. I'm certain that CGTrader support will contact the artist in an attempt to resolve the problem anyway.
That being said, I hope you come to an equitable solution and you get this problem fixed.