Throttle a click event *and* prevent default action with Underscore and Backbone

gistfile1.js

var View = Backbone.View.extend({
   
   events : function() {
       var events = {};
       
       var throttledAction = _.throttle(this.doSomeAction, 500);
       
       events["click .someItem"] = function(event) {
           throttledAction.call(this, event);
           
           event.preventDefault();
       };
       
       return events;
   },
   
   doSomeAction : function(event) { ... }
});